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N.     BRA  D  T,     D.  D 

Chaplain  in    Ordinary, 

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N.     TATE,     Efq; 

Poet- La  urea  t 

.To    His    MAJESTY. 


BOSTON: 

Printed  for  Nicholas    Bowes,  in 
Cornhill.     Mdcc±.xxiv. 


A  New  Verjwn  of  the  Ps  ax  ms,  &c*. 


PSA    L    M       i: 

OW  bleft  is  he,  who  ne/er  confents 

by  ill  Advice  to  walk  ; 
Nor  ftands  in  Sinners  Ways  ;  nor  fits 
where  Men  profanely  talk  ! 
£.  But  makes  the  p  erf  eel  Law  of  God 

his  Bus'nefs  and  Delight  ; 
Devoutly  reads  therein  by  Day, 
and  meditates  by  Night. 

3.  Like  fome  fair  tree,  which/edbyStreams^ 
with  timely  Fruit  does  bend, 

He  ftill  ihall  nouriih,  and  Succefs 
all  his  Defi-^ns  attend. 

4.  Ungodly  Men,  and  their  Attempts, 
no  lafling  Root  fhall  find  j 

Untimely  trailed,  and  difpers?d, 
like  Chaff  before  the  wind. 

-5.  Their  Guilt  mall  ilrikethe  wicked  dumb 

before  the  Judge's  Face  : 
No  formal  Hypocrite  mail  then 

among  the  Saints  have  Place. 

A  2  6,  For 


4  P  S  A  L  M  i,  ii. 

6.  For  God  approves  the  juft  Man's  Ways  *, 

to  Happinefs  they  tend  : 
But  Sinners,  and  the  paths  they  tread,    - 

fhall  both  in  Ruin  end. 

PSALM    II. 
I1|1C  TITH  reftlefs  and  ungovern'd  Rage, 

V  V  why  do  the  Heathen  ftorm  I 

Why  in  fuch  ram  Attempts  engage, 

as  they  can  ne'er  perform  ? 

2.  The  great  in  Cpunfel,  and  in  Might, 
their  various  Forces  bring  ; 

Againft  the  Lord  they  all  unite, 
and'kis  anointed  King. 

3.  c:  Muft  we  fubmk  to  their  commands  "? 
prefumptuotifiy  they  fay : 

"  No,letus  break  their  ilavim  Bands, 
"  and  c aft  their  Chains  away.  " 

4.  But  God,  who  fits  enthroned  on  High, 
and  fees  how  they  cbmbme, 

Does  their  confpiring  Strength  defy, 
and  mocks  their  vain  Defign. 

5.  Thick  Clouds  of  Wrath  divine  fhall  break 
on  his  rebellious  Foes  ; 

And  thus  will  he  in  Thunder  fpeak, 

to  all  that  dare  opp ofe  : 
G. c*  Though  madly  you  difpute  my  Will, 

"  the  King  that  I  ordain, 
4i  Whole  Throne  is  fix'd  on  Swn's  Kill, 

"  ihail  there  iecurcly  reign.  ° 

7.  Attend, 


PSALM     ii,    iiL  5 

■j.  Attend,  O  Earth,  whilft  I  declare 

God's  uncontrouPd  Decree : 
"  Thou  art  my  Son  ;  this  day5  my    Ifeii^ 

"have  I  begotten  thee. 
8,  "  Afk,  and  receive  thy  full  Demands  : 

cc  thine  fhail  the  Jrleathen  be  ; 
*<  Theutmoft  Limits  oftheLands^ 

"  mall  be  poffefs'd  by  thee. 


9."Thy  threat'ning Sceptre  thou  ilialt  make 

<:  and  crulh  them  ev'ry-where  y 
u  As  marly  Bal£  of  Iron  break,. 

"  the  Potter's  brittle  Ware. 
io.  Learn  then,  ye  Princes ;  and  give  Ear, 

ye  Judges  of  the  Earth  ; 
ii.  Worihip  the  Lord  with  holy  Fear  y 

rejoice  with  awful  Mirth. 

12.  Appeafethe  Son  with  due  RcfpecL, 
your  timely  Homage  pay ; , 

Left  he  revenge  the  bold  Neglect^ 
incens'd  by  your  Delay. 

13.  If  but  in  Part  his  Anger  rife* 
who  can  endure  the  Flame  ? 

Then  b'feft  are  they  whole  Hope  relies 
on  his  mofl  holy  Name. 
P  S  A  L  M    III. 
1 II OW  many,  Lord,  of  late  are  grGwn 

JljL       the  troublers  o^  my  Peace  ! 
And  as  their  N  r  m  be:  h  h  purly  rife, 
fo  does  their  Eage  ineieafe. 

A3  2.    In 


P     S     A     L    M 


in. 


«.  infulting,  they  my  Soul  upbraid, 

and  him  whom  I  adore  : 
The  GOD  in  whom  he  trails,  fay  they, 

fhall  refcue  him  no  more. 

3.  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  my  Defence 
on  thee  my  Hopes  rely  : 

Thou  art  my  Glory,  2nd  fhalt  yet, 
lift  up  my  he&i  on  high. 

4.  Since  whenfoe'er  in  like  diitrcfs, 
To  GOD  I  made  my  pray'r, 

He  heard  me  from  his  hdly  Hill  j 
why  ihould  I  now  defpair  ? 

5*  Guarded  by  him,  I  laid  me  down, 

my  fweet  Repofe  to  tnke  ; 
For  I  through  him  fecurely  fiecp, 

through  him  in  fafety  wake. 

6.  No  Force  nor  Fury  of  my  Foes, 
my  Courage  fiiaii  confound  ; 

Were  they  as  many  Hofls,  as  Men, 
that  have  befet  me  round. 

7.  Arife,  and  lave  me,    O  my  GOD, 
who  oft  haft  own'd  my  Caufe  ; 

And  fcatter'd  oft  thefe  Foes  to  me, 
and  to  thy  righteous  Laws. 

8.  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs  ; 
He  only  can  defend  ; 

His  Blefling  he  extends  to  all, 
that  on  his  Pow'r  depend. 

Psalm 


PS  AL  M  iv.  7 

PSALM  IV. 
LORD,  that  art  my  righteous  Judge, 
to  my  Complaint  give  Ear. 
ThouftHl  redeem'it.  me  from  Diftrefs  : 
Have  Mercy,  Lord,  and  hear. 

2.  How  long  will  ye,  O  Sons  of  Men, 
to  blot  my  Fame  devife  I 

How  long  your  vain  Defigns  purfue, 
and  fpread  malicious  Lies  ? 

3.  Coniider  that  the  righteous  Man 
is  God's  peculiar  Choice  ; 

And  when  to  him  I  make  my  Pray'r, 
he  always  hears  my  Voice. 

4.  Then  iland  in  awe  of  his  commands, 
fiee  ev'ry  Thing  that's  ill  ; 

Gommune  in  private  with  your  Hearts, 
and  bend  them  to  his  Will. 

5.  The  Place  of  other  Sacrifice 
Ifet  Righteoufhefs  fupply  ; 

And  let  your  Hope,  fecurely  fix'd, 
on  God  alone  rely. 

6.  While  worldly  Minds  impatient  growy 
more  profp'rous  Times  to  fee  5 

Still  let  the  Glories  of  thy  Face 
fhine  brightly,  Lord,  on  me. 

7.  So  fhail  my  Heart  o'ernow  with  Joy. 
more  lafting,  and  more  true, 

Than  theirs,  who  Stores  of  Corn  and  Wine 
fueceffively  renew. 

A  4  8..  Then 


8  PSALM     iv,    v. 

8.  Then  down  in  Peace  I'll  lay  my  Head, 

and  take  my  needful  Pteft  : 
No  other  Guard,  O  Lord,  I  crave, 

of  thy  Defence  poffeft. 

PSALM    V. 

i  T     ORD,hear  the  Voice  of  my  Complaint  y 
1  i     accept  my  fecret  Pray'r  : 

a.  To  Thee  alone,  my  King,  my  God, 
will  I  for  Help  repair. 

3.  Thou  in  the  Morn  my  Voice  fhalt  hear* 
and  with  the  dawning  Day, 

To  thee  devoutly  PI]  look  up, 
to  thee  devoutly  pray. 

4.  For  thou,  the  Wrongs  that  I  fuftain, 
canft  never,  Lord,  approve  ; 

Who  from  thy  facred  Dwelling-place 
dlEvil  doft  remove. 

5.  Not  long  malt  ftubborn  Fools  remain 
impuniili'd  in  thy  View  : 

All  fuch  as  acl  unrighteous  Things, 
thy  Vengeance  (hall  purfue. 

6.  The  lland'ring  tongue,  O  God,  of  truth, 
by  thee  mall  be  deftroy'd  ; 

Who  hat'ft  alike  the  Man  in  Blood, 
and  in  deceit  employ'd. 

7.  But  when  thy  boundlefs  Grace  {hall  me, 
,  to  thylov'd  Courts  reftore, 

On  thee  I'll  fix  my  longing  Eyes, 
and  humbly  there  adore. 

8   Conduct 


PSA  L  M    v,  vi.  g 

S;  Conduct  me  by  thy  righteous  Laws  ; 

for  watchful  is  my  Foe  : 
Therefore,  O  Lord,  make  plain  the  Way. 

wherein  I  ought  to  go; 
9^  Their  mouth  vents  nothing  but  deceit. ; 

their  Heart  is  fet  on  Wrong  ; 
Their  throat  is  a  devouring  Grave  ; 
they  flatter  with  their  tongue. 


10.  By  their  own  Counfels  let  them  fall, 

opprefs'd.  with  loads  of  Sin  ; 
For  they  againil  thy  righteous  Laws, 
have  harden' d  Rebels  been. 
n.  But  let  all  thofe  who  truft  in  thee, 
with  Shouts  their  joy  proclaim  ; 
Let  them  rejoice,  whom  thou  preferv'fl, 
and  all  that  love  thy  Name. 

12.  To  righteous  Men,  the  righteous  Lord 

his  Bleliing  will  extend  ; 
And  with  his  favour  all  his  Saints, 
as  with  a  Shield,  defend. 

PSALM    VI.  ■ 

THY  dreadml  Anger,  Lord,  reftrain-, 
and  fpare  a  Wretch  forlorn  : 
Correct  me  not  in  thy  fierce  Wrath, 
too  heavy  to  be  born. 
2.  Have  mercy,  Lord,  for  I  growfaint5 

unable  to  endure 
The  Anguilh  of  my  aching  Bones,, 
which  thou  alone  catift  cure- 

A  5  3  My 


so  PSA  L  M    vi. 

3*  My  tortur'd  Fleih  diftracls   my  Mind, 

and  fills  my  foul  with  Grief : 
But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  delay 

to  grant  me  thy  Relief? 

4,  Thy  wonted  Goodnefs,  Lord,  repeat, 
and  eafe  my  troubled  Soul : 

jLord,  for  thy  wond'rous  Mercies  fake, 
\:ouchfafe  to  make  me  whole, 

5.  For  after  Death  no  more  can  I 
thy  glorious  A6ts  proclaim  ; 

No  Pris'ner  of  the  filent  Grave 

can  magnify  thy  Name. 
6  Quite  tir'd  with  pain, with  Groaning  faint, 

no  hope  of  Eafe  I  fee  ; 
The  Night,  that  quiets  common  Griefs,. 

is  fpent  in  tears  by  me. 

7.  My  Beauty  fades,  my  Sight  grows  dim, 
my  Eyes  with  Weaknefs  clofe  ; 

Old  Age  o'ertakes  me,  whilft  I  think 
on  my  infulting  Foes. . 

8.  Depart,  ye  Wicked  ;  in  my  Wrongs 
ye  mall  no  more  rejoice  ; 

For  God,  I  find,  accepts  my  tears, 
and  liftens  to  my  Voice. 

9,1  o.IIe  hear  s>and  grants  my  humblePray  '1*. ; 

and  they  that  wifli  my  fall 
Shall  blufh  and  rage  to  ice,  that  God 

protects  me  from  them  all. 

£  S.A  LJk 


FSALM    vii.  ii 

PSALM  vn. 
i  /^V  LORD,  my  God,  fince  I  have  placed 
VJF     my  Truft  alone  in  thee, 
From  all  my  Persecutors  Rage, 
do  thou  deliver  me. 

2.  To  fave  me  from  my  threat' ning  Foe, 
Lord,  interpofe  thy  pow'r  y 

Left,  like  a  favage  Lion,  he 
my  helplefs  Soul  devour. 

3,  4.  If  I  am  guilty,  or  did  e'er 
againft  his  Peace  combine  ; 

Nay,  if  I  have  not  fpar'd  his  Life, 
who  fought  unjuftly  mine  ; 

5.  Let  then  to  perfecuting  Foes, 
my  Soul   become  a    Prey  ; 

Let  them  to  Earth  tread  down  my  Life, 
in  Duft  my  Honour  lay. 

6.  Arife,  and  let  thine  Anger,  Lord, 
in  my  Defence  engage ; 

Exalt  thyfelf  above  my  Foes, 

and  their  infulting  Rage  : 
Awake,  awake,  in  my  Behalf 

the  Judgment  to  difpenfe, 
Which  thou  hail  righteoufly  ordain' d 

for  injur' d  Innocence. 

7.  So  to  thy  Throne  adoring  Crowds 
fhall  ftill  for  Juftice  fly  :  ■-.. 

Oh  !  therefore  for  their  Sakes,  refume 
thy  Judgment-Seat  on  high. 

8.1m- 


i%  PSAL  M  vii.  - 

8.  Impartial  Judge  of  all  the  World, 
I  truft  my  Caule  to  thee  ; 

According  to  my  righteoumefs 
io  let  thy  Sentence  be. 

9.  Let  wicked  Arts  and  wicked  Men, 
together  he  oer'  thrown  ; 

But  guard  the  Jure,  thou  God  to  whom 
the  Hearts  of  both  are  known. 

10.  11.  God  me  protects  ;  not  only  me, 
but  all  of  upright  Heart ; 

And  daily  lays  up  Wrath  for  thofe 
who  from  his  Laws  depart. 

12.  If  they  perfrft,  he  whets  his  Sword, 
his  Bow  ftands  ready  bent ; 

13.  Ev' n  now,  with fryiftDeftruction w ing'd' 
his  pointed  Shafts  are  fent. 

14.  The  Plots  are  fruitlefs,  which  my  Foe 
unjufdy  did  conceive : 

15.  The  Pit  he  digg'd  for  me,  has  prov'd 
his  own  untimely  Grave. 

16.  On  riis  own  Head  his  Spite  returns, 
whilfl  I  from  Harm  am  free  : 

On  him  the  Violence  is  fall'n, 
which  he  delign'd  for  me. 

1 7.  Therefore  will  I  the  righteous    Ways 
of  Providence  proclaim  ; 

I'll  fing  the  Praife  of  God  moft  High, 
and  celebrate  his  Name. 

PSALM 


PSALM  viiu  13, 

PSALM  VIII. . 
;Thou,  to  whom  all  Creatures  bow, 
within  this  earthly  Frame, 
Thro'  all  the  World,  how  great  art  Thou  1 

how  glorious  is  thy  Name  i 
In  Heav'n  thy  wond'rous  Acts  are  fung, 
nor  hilly  reckon' d  there  ; 

2.  And  yet  thou  mak'ft  the  Infant  tongue^ 
thy  bouncilefc  praife  declare.     . 

Thro'  thee  the  Weak  confound  the  Strongs 
and  cruih  their  haughty  Foes  ; 

And  ib  thou  queU'lt  the  wicked  throng, 
that  Thee  and  Thine  oppofe. 

3.  WhenHea'vn,thybeauteous  Workonhigh 
employs  my  wond'ring  Sight  ^;  . 

The  Moon,  that  nightly  rules  the  Sky, 
with  Stars  of  feebler  Liffht  ; 

4.  What's  Man,  fay  I,  that,Lord,  thou  lov'ft. 
to  keep  him  in  thy  Mind  ? 

Or  what  his  Offspring,  that  thou  prov' ft 
to  them  fo  wond'rous  kind  ? 

5.  Him  next  ill  Pow'r  thou  didft  create 
to  thy  celeftial  train.  ; 

6.  Ordain'd  with  Dignity  and  State, 
o'er  all  thy  Works  to  reign. 

7.  They  jointly  own  his  pow'rful  Sway  *f 
the  Beails  that  prey  or  graze  ; 

"8.  The  Bird  that  wings  its  airy  Way  ; 
the  Fimthat  cuts  the  Seas/ 

e,  a. 


14  PSALM  viii,     ix. 

9.  O  Thou  to  whom  all  Creatures  bow 

within  this  earthly  Frame, 
Thro'  all  the  World  how  great  art  Thou  ! 

how  glorious  is  thy  Name  ! 

PSALM    IX. 

irTP°  celebrate  thy  Praife,  O  Lord, 
J_       I  will  my  Heart  prepare  ; 

To  all  the  lift'ning  World  thy  Works, 
thy  wond'rous  Works  declare. 

2.  The  Thought  of  them  fhall  to  my  Soul, 
exalted  Pleamre  bring  ; 

Whil'ft  to  thy  Name,  O  thou   mod  High, 
triumphant  Praife  I  fing. 

3.  Thou  mad'ft  my  haughty  Foes  to  turn 
their  Backs  in  fhamefal  Flight  : 

Struck  with  tlry  Prefence,  down  they  fell  -9 
they  perihVd  at  thy  Sight. 

4.  Againft  iniulting  Foes  advanc'd, 
thou  didft  my  Caufe  maintain  ; 

My  Right  afferting  from  thy  Throne, 
where  Truth  and  Juftice  reign. 

5.  The  Irifolence  of  Heathen  Pride 
thou  haft  reduc'd  to  Shame  ; 

Their  wicked  Offsprings  quite  deftroy'cL, 
and  blotted  out  their  Name. 

6.  Miftaken  Foes,  your  haughty  Thrcat3 
are  to  a  Period  come  : 

Our  City  (lands,  which  you  defign'd 
to  make  one  common  Tomb. 

7,  8.  The 


PSALM  ix.  15 

j,  8.  The  Lord  for  ever  lives,  who  has 

his  righteous  Throne  prepar'd  ; 
Impartial  Juftice  to  difpenfe, 

to  puniih  or  reward. 
9.  God  is  a.  conftant  fure  Defence 

againft  oppr effing  Rage  ; 
As  Troubles  rife,  his  needful  Aids 

in  our  Behalf  engage. 

10.  All  thofe  who  have  his  Goodnefs  prov'd 
will  in  his  Truth  confide  ; 

Whofe  Mercy  ne'er  forfook  the  Man 
that  on  his  Help  rely'd. 

1 1 .  Sing  Praifes  therefore  to  the  Lord,, 
from  Sion  his  Abode  ; 

Proclaim  his  Deeds,  till  all  the  World 
confefs  no  other  God. 

PART    II. 

12.  When  he  Inquiry  makes  for  Blood, 
he  calls  the  Poor  to  Mind  ; 

The  injur'd  humble  Man's  Complaint, 

Redrefs  from  him  mall  find. 
1-3.  Take  Pity  on  my  Troubles,  Lord, 

which  fpiteful  Foes  create, 
Thou  that  had  refcu'd  me  fo  oft 

from  Death's  devouring  Gate. 

14.  In  Sion  then  I'll  fing  thy  Praife, 

to  all  that  love  thy  Name  ; 
And  with  loud  Shouts  of  greatful  Joy 

thy  faving  Pow'r  proclaim. 

15*  Dees 


x6  PSALM  ix,x; 

1 5.  Deep  in  the  pit  they  digg'd  for  me 
the  Heathen  Pride  is  laid  ; 

Their  guilty  Feet  to  their  own  Snare 
infenfibly  betray'd. 

16.  Thus,  by  the  juil  Returns  he  makes, 
the  mighty  Lord  is  known  ; 

While  wicke'd  Men  by  their  own  Plots 
are  fliamefully  o'erthrown. 

17.  No  fingle  Sinner  mall  efcape 
by  privacy  ohicur'd  ; 

Nor  Nation,  from  his  juft  Eevenge, 
by  Numbers  befecur'd. 

1 3.  His  iufPring  Saints,  when  moll  dirlre&'d,; 

he  ne'er  forgets  to  aid  ;  •  ' 

Their  expectations  mail  be   crown  d, 

tho'  for  a  time  delay'd. 

19.  Ariie,  O  Lord,  affert   thy  Pow  r, 
and  let  not  Man  o'ercome  ; 

Defcend  to    judgment,  and  pronounce 
the  guilty  Heathens  Doom. 

20.  Strike  Terror  thro'  the  Nations  round, 
till,  by  confuting  Fear 

They  to  each  other,  and  thenuelves, 
b    but  mortal  Men  appear. 

P  S  A  L  M    X. 
irr%FY  Prefence  why  withdraw'fc  thou 
I     whyhid'it thounow  thyFace,  (Lord? 
WKn  difmal  times  of  deep  Diftrels 


call  for  thy  wonted  Grace  I 


2  Tha 


PSA  L  M    x.  i'7 

%.  The  Wicked,  fwelTd  with  lawlefs  Pride, 
have  made  the  Poor  their  Prey  : 

O  let  them  fall  by  thofe  Defigns 
which  they  for  others  lay. 

3..  For  ftrait  they  triumph,  it  Succefs 
their  thriving;  Crimes  attend  1 

And  fordid  Wretches,  whom  God  hates,, 
perverily  they  commend. 

4.  To  own  a  Pow'r  above  themfelves 
their  haughty  Pride  difdains  ; 

And  therefore  in  their  ftubborn  Mind 
no  thought   of  God  remains. 

5.  Oppremve  Methods  they  purme, 
and  all  their  Foes  they  flight  ; 

Becaufe  thy  Judgments  unobferv'xl 
are  far  above  their  Sight. 

6.  They  fondly  think  their  profp'rous  State 
mall  unmolefted  be  ; 

They  think  their  vain  Deiigns  ihall  tSrive, 
from  all  Misfortune  free, 

7.  Vain  and  deceitful  is  their  Speech3 
with  Curfes  fill' d,  and  Lies  ; 

By  which  the  Mifchief  of  their   Heart 
they  iludy  to  difgurie. 

8.  Near  public  Roads  they  lie  coiiceal'd, 
and  all  their  Art  employ, 

The  Innocent  and  Poor  at  once 
to  rifle,  and  defer oy. 

9.  Not 


iff  PSALM    x. 

9.  Not  Lions,  couching  in  their  Dens, 
furprife  their  heedlefs  Prey 

With  greater  Cunning,  or  exprefs 
more  favage  Rage,  than  they. 

10.  Sometimes  they  acl  the  harmlefs  Man, 
and  modeft  Looks  they  wear  ; 

That,   fo  deceived,  the  Poor  may  lefs 
their  fudden  Onfet  fear. 

PAR.  T  II. 

11.  For  God,  they  think,  no  Notice   takes 
of  their  unrighteous  Deeds  : 

He  never  minds  the  fu  fP  r  in  <r  Poor, 
nor  their  Oppreffion  heeds. 

1 2.  But  thou,  O  Lord,  at  length  arife     5 
ftretch  forth  thy  mighty  Arm  ; 

And  by  the  Greatnefs  of  thy  Pow'r, 
defend  the  Poor  from  Harm. 

13.  No  longer  let  the  Wicked  vaunt,, 
and  proudly  boafting,  fay, 

"  Turn,  God  regards  not  what  wc  do, 

"  he  never  will  repay.  " 
14  But  fure,  thou  feeft,  and  all  their  Deeds 

impartially  doft  try  : 
The  Orphan,  therefore,  and  the  Poor, 

on  thee  for  Aid  rely. 

15.  Defencelefs  let  the  Wicked  fall, 
of  all  their  Strength  ber 
-mfound,  O  God,  their  c 
till  no  Remains  are  left. 


16.  After  t 


PSALM  x,  xi.  19 

tb.  Affert  thy  jufl  Dominion,  Lord, 

which  fhall  for  ever  Hand  : 
Thou  who  the  Heathen  did'fl  expel 

from  this  thy  chofen  Land. 

27.  Thou  dc$  the  humble  Suppliants  hear, 

that  to  thy  Throne  repair  ; 
Thou  firft  prepar'fl  their  Hearts  to  pray5 

and  then  accept'!!  their  Pray'r. 
1 8  Thou,  in  thy  righteous  Judgment5weigh'fi 

the  Fatherlefs  and  Poor  ; 
That  fo  the  Tyrants  of  the  Earth 

may  perfecute  no  more. 

PSALM  XI, 
1  QINCE  I  have  plac'd  my  Trail  in  God, 

\^j     a  Refuge  always  nigh, 
Why  mould  I,  like  a  tim'rous  Bird, 

to  diftant  Mountains  fly  ? 

2.  Behold,  the  Wicked  bend  their  Bow, 
and  ready  fix  their  Dart  ; 

Lurking  in  Ambufh  to  deltroy 
the  Man  of  upright  Heart. 

3.  When  once  the   firm  Affurance  fails, 
which  public  Faith  imparts, 

rTis  time  for  Innocence  to  fly 
from  fuch   deceitful  Arts. 

4.  The  Lord  hath  both  a  temple  here, 
and  righteous  Throne  above  ; 

Where  he  furveys  the  Sons  of  Men, 
and  how  their  Counfels   move. 

4.  it 


so  P  S  A  L  M  xi 


xii, 


5.  If  God,  the  Righteous,  whom  he  loves, 
for  trial,    does  correct  ; 

What  muit  the  Sons  of  Violence, 
whom  lie  abhors,  expect  ? 

6.  Snares,Fire,  and  Brimftonc,  on  their  Heads 
mall  in   one  temper]:  fhow'r  ; 

This  dreadful  Mixture  Lis  Revenge 
into  their  Cup  fhall  pour, 

7.  The  righteous  Lord  will  righteous  Deeds, 
with  fignal  Favour  grace, 

And  to  the  upright  Man  difclcle 
the  Brightnefs  of  lis  Face. 

PSALM  XII. 

1  QINCE  godly  Men  decay,  O  Lord, 
k3     do  thou  "my  Caufe  defend  ;. 

For  fcarce  thefe  wretched  times   afford 
one  juft  and  faithful  Friend. 

2.  One  Neighbour   now  can  fcarce  believe, 
what  t'other  does  impart  ; 

With  fiatt'ring  Lips  they  all  deceive, 
and  with  a  double  Fleart. 

3.  But  Lips  that  with  Deceit  abound, 
can  never  pro/per  long  ; 

God's  righteous  Vengeance  will  confound 
the  proud  blaspheming  tongue. 

4.  In  vain  thole  fcolifh  Boafters  fay, 
"  Our  tongues  are,  lure,  our  own  ; 

"  With  doubtful  Words  we'll  ftill  betray, 
"  and  be  controul'd  by  none. 

5,  For 


PS  A  L  M  xii,  xiii  21 

5*  For  God,  who  hears  the  fufPring  Poor, 

and  their  Oppreffion  knows, 
Will  foon  arife,  and  give  them  Reft, 

in  fpite  of  all  their  Foes. 
6.  The  Word  of  God  fhail  ilill  abide, 

and  void  of  Faiihood  be, 
As  is  the  Silver,  fev'n  times  try'd, 

from  droffy  Mixture  free. 

j.  The  Promife  of  his  aiding  Grace 

lhall  reach  its  purposed  End  : 
His  Servants  from  this  faithiefs  Race 

be  ever  mall  defend. 
8.  Then  mail  the  Wicked  be  perplex'd, 

nor  know  which  Way  to  fly  ; 
When  thofe  whom  they  defpis'd  and  vex'd, 
lhall  be  advanc'd  on  high. 

PSALM    XIIL 
OW  long  wilt  thou  forget  me,  Lord  ? 
muft  I  forever  mourn  ? 
How  long  wilt  thou  withdraw  from  me 
Oh,  never  to  return  ! 

2.  How  long  lhall  anxiousThoughts  my  Soul, 
and  Grief  my  Heart  opprefs  ? 

How  long  my  Enemies  infult, 
and  I  have  no  Redrefs  ? 

3.  O,  hear  !  and  to  my  longing  Eyes 
reflore  thy  wonted  Light  ; 

And  fuddenly,  or  I  mail  fleep 
in  everiaiting  Night. 

4.  Re* 


22         PSA      L  M      xiii,  xiv . 

4.  Reftore  me,  left  they  proudly  hoafl 
'twas  their  own  Strength  o'ercame 

Permit  not  them  that  vex  my  Soul, 
to  triumph  in  my  fhame. 

5.  Since  I  have  always  plac'd  my  truft, 
beneath  thy  Mercy's  Wing, 

Thy  faving  Health  will  come,  and  then 
my  Heart  with  Joy  mail  fpring  ; 

6\  Then  mall  my  Song,  with  Praife  infpir'd, 
to  thee,  my  God,  aicend, 

Who,  to  thy  Servant  in  Diftrefs, 
fuch  Bounty  didft  extend. 

PSALM    XIV. 

1  O  URE,wickedFoolsmuft  needs  fuppofe, 

£3  That  God  is  nothing  but  a  Name  : 
CoiTupt  and  lewd  their  Practice  grows, 
No  Breaft  is  warm'd   with  holy  Flame. 

2.  The  Lord  look'd  down  from  Heav'n's  high 
And  all  the  Sons  of  Men  did  view,  (Tow'r 
To  fee  if  any  own'd  his  Pow'r  5 

If  any  Truth  or  Juflic^  knew. 

3.  But  all,  he  faw,  wrere  gone  afide, 
All  were  degen'r  ate  grown,  and  bafe: 
None  took  Religion  for  their  Guicje, 
Not  one  of  all  the  finful  Race. 

4.  But  can  thcfe  Workers  of  Deceit 
Be  all  fo  dull  and  fenfelefs  grov/n, 
That  they,  like  Bread,  my  People  eat, 
And  God's  Almighty  Pov/'r  difown  ? 

5.  How 


P  S  A  L  M  xiv.  XT.  23 

5.  How  will  they  tremble  then  for  Fear, 
When  hisjuft  Wrath  fhall  them  o'ertake  ; 
For,  to  the  Righteous,  God  is  near, 

And  never  will  their  Caufe  forfake. 

6.  Ill  Men,  in  vain,  with  Scorn  expofe 
The  Methods  which  the  Good  puruie  ; 
Since  God  a  Refuge  is  for  thofe 
Whom  his  juft  Eyes  with  Favour  view. 

7.  Would  he  his  raving  Pow'r  employ, 
To  break  his  People's  fervile  Band  ; 
Then  Shouts  of  univerfal  Joy 

Shall  loudy  eccho  thro'  the  Land. 

P  S  A  L  M  XV. 

j  "T     ORD,  who's  the  happy  Man,that  may 
jL_j     to  thy  bleft  Courts  repair  ; 
Not,  Stranger-like,  to  viiit  them, 
but  to  inhabit  there  ? 

2.  'Tis  he,  whofe  ev'ry  thought  and  Deed, 
by  Rules  of  Virtue  moves  ; 

Whofe  gen'rous  tongue   difdains  to  fpeak 
the   thing  his  Heart  difproves. 

3.  Who  never  did  a  Slander  forge, 
his  Neighbour's  Fame  to  wound  ; 

Nor  hearken  to  afalfe  Report, 

by  Malice  whifper'd  round. 
4. Who  Vice,  in  all  its  pomp  and  Pow'r, 

(#11  treat  with  jufc  Neglect  ; 
And  Piety,  tho'  doath'd  in  Rags, 

religioufly  refpecl:. 

who 


M 


PSALM  XV,XVi. 


5  .  Who  to  bis  plighted  Vows  and  trafe 

has  ever  fa mly  flood-, 
And  tho5  he  prcmife  to  his  Lois, 

he  makes  his  Promife  good. 

6.  Whofe  Soul  in  Ufury  difdains 
his  treaiure  to  employ  ; 

Whom  no  Rewards  can  ever  bribe, 
the  Guiitlefs  to  deflroy. 

7.  The  Man,  who  by  this  fteady  Courfe 
has  Happinefs  enfur'd, 

When  Earth's  Foundation  fhakes,  fliall  fland 
by  Providence  fecur'd. 

P  S  A  L  M    XVI. 
jROTECT   me  from  my  cruel  Foes, 
and  fhield  me,  Lord,  from  Harm) 
Becaufe  my  trufl  I  ftill  repoie 
on  thy  Almighty  Arm. 

2.  My  Soul  all  Help  but  thine  does  flight, 
all  Gods  but  Thee  difown  ; 

Yet  can  no  Deeds  of  mine  requite, 
the  Goodnefs  thou  haft  fhown. 

3.  But  thofethat  fiddly  virtuous  are, 
and  love  the  thing  that's  right, 

To  favour  always,  and  prefer, 
fliall  be  my  chief  Delight. 

4.  How  fliall  their  Sorrows  beincreas  d, 
who  other  Gods  ad  ;re  ! 

Their  bloody  OrFrings  I  detefl, 
their  v  n  Names  abhor, 

5.  My 


PSALM  xvi  ts 

.5.  My  Lot  is  fall'n  in  that  bleft  Land, 

where  God  is  truly   known  ; 
He  fills   my  Cup  with  lib'ral  Hand  ;    - 

'tis  He  Supports  my  Throne. 

6.  In  Nature's  moft  delightful  Scene 
my    happy  Portion   lies  ; 

The  Place  of  my  appointed  Reign 
all  other  Lands  outvies. 

7.  Therefore  my  foul  mall   blefs  the  Lord, 
whofe  Precepts  give  me  Light, 

And  private  Counfel  frill  afford, 
in  Sorrow's  difmal  Night. 

8.  I  ftrive  each  Action  to  approve 
to  His  all-feeing  Eye  ; 

No  Danger  fhail  my  Hopes  remove, 
becauic  He  Hill  is  nigh. 

9.  Therefore  my  heart  all  Grief  defies, 
my  Glory  does  rejoice  ; 

My  Flefh  fhall  reft,  in  Hopes  to  rife, 
wak'd  by  His  powerful  Voice. 

j  o.  Thou,  Lord  when  I  reiign  my  Breath, 
my  Soul  from  Hell  malt  free  -y ' 

Nor  let  thy  Holy  One  in  Death 
the  leaft  Corruption  fee. 

11.  Thou   Ihalt  the   Paths  of  Life  difpl ay, 

that  to  thy  Prefence  lead  ; 
Where  Pleasures  dwell  without  Allay, 
and  Joys  that  never  fade. 
B 

PSALM 


2^  f  S  A  L  M     xvii. 

P  S  A  :L  M  XYK 
m  rr^O  my  juft  Plea,  and  lad  Complaint, 

X        attend,  O  righteous  Lord  ; 
And  to  my  Pray'r,  as  'tis  unfeign'd, 

a  gracious  Ear   afford. 
2.  As  in  thy  Sight  I  am  appro v'd, 

fo  let  my  Sentence  be  ; 
And  with  impartial  Eyes,  O    Lord, 

my  upright  Dealing  fee. 

3.  For  thou  haft  fear ch'd  my  Heart  by  Dafc5 
and  vifited  by  night  ; 

And,  on  the  ftricted  Trial,  found 

its  fecret  Motions   right. 
Nor  fhall  thy  Juftice,,  Lord  alone 

my  Heart's  Defigns  acquit  ; 
c?or  I   have  purpos'd,  that  my  Tongue 

fhall  no  Offence  commit. 

4.  I  know  what  wicked  Men  would  do, 
their  Safety  to  maintain  ; 

.But  me  thy  juft  and  mild  Commands 
from  bloody  Paths  reftrain. 

5.  That  I  may  frill,  in  fpite  of  Wrongs, 
my  Innocence  fecure, 

O,  <ruide  me  in  thy  righteous  Ways, 
and    make  my  Fi)otfteps  fere. 

j.  Since  heretofore  I  ne'er  in  vain 

to  Thee  my  Pray'r  addrefs'd  ; 
f)  1  now,  my   God,  incline  thine  Ear 
.to  this  my  juft    Ilequeft. 

7.  The 


P  S  ,A  L  M    xviL  »% 

:y.  The  Wonders  of  thy  Truth   and  Love 

in  my  Defence  engage, 
Thou  whole  Right-hand  preferves  thy  Saints 

from  their  Opprelfors  Rage. 
PART  II. 
8,  9.  O  !  keep  me  in  thy  tend' reft  Carc-j 

thy  fhetring  Wings  ftretch  out, 
To  guard  m^  fafe  from  favagc-  Foes, 

that  eompafs  me  about  ; 

10.  O'ergrown  with  Luxury,  inclos'd 
in  their  own  Fat  they  lie  ; 

-And  with  a  proud  blafpheming  Mouth 
both  God  and  Man  defie. 

1 1 .  Well  may  they  boaft  5  for  they  hav€  now 
my  Paths  encompafs'd  round  ; 

Their  Eyes  at  watch,  their  Bodies  bow?4 
and  couching  on  the  Ground. 

12.  In  Pofture  of  a  Lion  let, 
when  greedy  of  his  Prey  ; 

~€)r  a  young  Lion,   when  he  lurks 
within  a  covert  Way. 

23.  Aiife,  O  Lord,  defeat  their  Plots, 

their  fwelling  Rage  controul : 
From  wicked  Men,  who  are  thy  Sworclj 

deliver  thou  my  Soul: 
h  4. From  worldly  Men ,  thy  ft  arpeft  Scourge 

whofe  Portion's  here  below  ~, 
Who,  fill'd  with  earthly  Stores,  afpire 

*no  other  Blifs  to  know. 

5V  *y.  Tfcfe 


28  PSALM     xvili. 

15  Their  race  is   num'rous,  that  partake 
their  Subftance   while    they    live  ; 

Their   Heirs   furvive,  to  whom  they  masjp 
the  vaft  remainder    give* 

16  But   I   in  Uprightnefs,   thy   Face, 
fhe.ll  view  without  controul, 

And,  waking,  fhall  its    Image    find 
reflected  in  my   Soul. 

PSALM       XVIII. 

NO-Change  of  Times  mall    ever  fhock 
my  firm  Affection,  Lord  to  thee  5 
Tor    th-ou  haft  always  been   a  Rock, 

a  Fortrefs  and  Defence  to  mc. 
a.  Thou  my  Deliverer  art,   my    God, 

my  truft  is  in    thy   mighty    Pow'r  ; 
Thou  <art  my  Shield   from    Foes  abroad, 
at  Home  my  Safe-guard  and  my  Tow*r, 

]  3  To  thee  I  will  addrefs  my  Pray'r, 

(to  whom  all   Praife  we  juftly  owe) 
So  maM, 'by  thy  watchful   Care, 

be  guarded  from  my  treach'rous  Foe. 
4,5    By  Floods  of  wicked  Men   diftrefs'^ 

with  deadly  Sorrows  compafs'd  round, 
Witlvdire  infernal    Pangs    opprefs'd, 

in   Death's  unweildy  Fetters   bound. 

6  To  Heav'n  I  made  my  mournful  Pray'r, 
to  God    addrefs  my  humble  Moan  : 

Who  gfacioufly  inclin'd  his  Ear, 
•and  heard  me  from  his   lofty  Throne. 

'       J>  A  R  T 


P  S  A  L  M     xviii.  29 

PART    II. 

7.  When  God  a-rofe,  to  take  my  Part, 
The  co nfcious  Earth  did  quake  for  Fear; 
From,  their  firm  Foils  the  Hills  didftait, 
Nor  could  his   dreadful  Fury  bear. 

8.  Thick  Clouds  of  Smoke  difpers'd  abroad, 
Fnfigns  of  Wrath,  before  Him  came  ; 
Devouring  Fire  around  him  glow'd* 
That   Coals  were,  kindled  at   its  Flame, 

9.  He  left  the  beauteous  Realms  of  Light,, 
Whilft  Heav'n  bow'd  down  its  awful  Head,. 
Beneath  his  Feet  fubftantial  Night 

Was,  like    a  fable  Carpet,  fpread. 

10.  The  Chariot  of  the  King  of  Kings, 
Which  active  Troops  of  angels  drew, 
On  a  ftro.ng  Tempeft's  rapid   Wings, 
With  moft    amazing   Swiftnefs  flew. 

i-x ,  1 2.  Black  watryMiils  andCIouds  confpir'd'. 
With  thickeft  Shades,  his  Face  to  veil  ; 
But  at  His  Brightnefs  foon  retir'd. 
And  fell  in  Show'rs  of  Fire  and  Hail. 
1 :  lYiro'Heavn\swideArchathund'ringpe?T 
God*s  angry  Voice,  did  loudly   roar  ; 
While  Earth's  fad  Face  with  Heaps  of  Hail, 
And  Flakes  of  lire,  was  cover' d  o'er. 

1 4-  His  fhar.pen'd  Arrows  round  Fie  threw,. 
Which  made  his  fcatter'd  Foes  retreat  ; 
Like  Darts  his  nimble  Light'nings  flew, 
And.  quickly  hnifh'd  their  Defeat.. 

15.  The 


$o  P  S  A 

15.  The  Deep  it's  fecret  Scores  djfdos'^ 
The  WorId'c  Foundation  naked  lay  ; 
By  his  avenging  Wrath  expqs'd, 
\\iiich  fiercely  ra^d  that  dre?adful  Day, 

P  A  R  T-  III. 

16.  The  Lord  did  on  my  Side  engage  ; 
From  Heav'n,  hisThrone,  myCaufe  upheld; 
And  fnatchM  me.  from  the  furious  Rage 
Of  th  "cat'nin ;.  Watfes,  that  proudly  fwelf  d; 

17.  God  His  refiftlefs  Pow'r  employ 'd, 
ftrongeft  Foes  Attempts  to  break  ; 

Who  elfe  wkh  Eafe  had  loon  deftroy'd 
The  weak  Defence  that  I  could   make-.. 
1 S.  Their  fubtle  Rage  had  near  prevaiTd, 
When,  I  diftrefs'd  arid  friendlefs  lay ; 
But  fliil  when  other  Succours  fail'd, 
God  was  my  firm  Support  and  Stay. 
19.  From  Dangers,  that  enclos'd  me  round. 
He.  brought  me  forth,  and  fet  me  free  ; 
For  fbme  juft  Caufe  His  Goodnefs  found, 
That  mov'd  him  to  delight  in  me. 

co.  Became  in  me  no  Guilt  remains, 
God  does  His  gracious  Flelp  extend  ; 
My  Hands  are  free  from  bloody  Stains, 
Therefore  the  Lord  is  ftill  my  Friend. 
-21,22.  For  I  His  Judgments  kept  in  Sight. 
In  His  juft  Paths  have  always  trod  1 
}  never  did  his  Statutes  flight, 
Nor  loofely  wander'd  from  my  God. 

23,  24 v  But 


FS'J  L  M  xvim  %p 

2g,  24..i$jat  Ml  my  Soul,  fincere  and  pure^. 
Bid  e'en  from  darling  Sins  refrain  : 
Mb  Favour  therefore  yet  endure, 
Becaufe  my  Heart  and  Hands  are  clearu.. 

P  A  R  T  IV. 
2-5,26.  Thou  fuk'i%  O  Lord,  thy  righteous 
To  various  Paths  of  human  Kind  ;  [Ways- 
They  who  for  Mercy  merit  Praife, 
WitK  Thee  fhall  wond'rous  Mercy  fincL 
Thou  to  the  Juft  fliah  Juftice  mow  \. 
The  Pure  thy  Purity  mail  fee  \. 
Such  as  perverfly  chufe  to  go^ 
Shall  meet  with  due  Returns  from- Thee. 

27,  28.  That  He  the  humble.  Soul  will  fave^ 
And  crufh  the  Haughty' s  boafted  Might, 
In  me  the  Lord  an  Inifanoe  gave, 
Whofe  Darknefs  he  has  turn'd  to   Light 

29.  On  his  firm  Succour  I  rely' d, 
And  did  o'er  num'rous  Foes  prevail  ; 
Nor  fear'd,  whilft  He  was  on  my  Side., 
The  beft  defended  Walls  to  feale- 

30.  For  God's  Defigji  ihall  ftill  faceted^ 
His  Word  will  bear  the  utmoft  Teft  i 
He's  a  ftrong'  Shield  to  all  that  need* 
And  on  his  iure  Protection  reft. 

31.  Who  then  defer ves  to  beador'cu 
But   God,  on  whom  my  Hopes  depend  ? 
Qr  who,  except  the  mighty  Lord, 

Can. with,  rafiftlefs.  Pow'r  defend? 

p  a  r  r\ 


32  PSALM  xviii. 

P  A  R  TV. 

32->33'  'Tis  90d  Uat  oirds  V&y  Armour  on, 
And  all  my  juffc  Defigns  fulfils ; 
Through     mi.  my  Feet  can  fwiftly  run, 
Ana  nimbly   climb  the  fieepeft  Hills. 

34.  Leflbnc  of  War  from  Him  I  take, 
And  manly  Weapons  learn  to  wield  \ 
Strong  i3ows  of  Steel  with  Eafe  I  break, 
Forc'd  by  my  ftronger  Arms  to  yield, 

35.  The  Buckler  of  his  faving  Health 
Protects  me  from  infulting  Foes  : 
His  Hand  fuftains  me  ftill ;  my  Wealth 
And  Greatnefs  from  His   Bounty  flows. 

36.  My   Goings  He  enlarg'd  abroad, 
Till  then  to  narrow  Paths  confin'd. 
And  when  in  flipp'ry  Ways  I  trod. 
The  Method   of  my  Steps   defign'd. 

37.  Through  Him  I  num'rous  Hofts  defeat, 
And  flying  Squadrons   captive  take  ; 

Nor  from  my  fierce  Purfuit  retreat, 
Till  I  a  final  Conqueft  make. 

38.  Cover'd  with  Wounds,  in  vain  they  try 
Their  vanquihVd  Heads  again  to  rear  : 
Spite  of  their  boafted  Strength,  they  lie 
Beneath  my  Feet,  and  grovel  there. 

39.  God,  when  frefh  Armies  take  the  Field, 
Recruits  my  Strength,  my  Courage  warms  : 
He  makes  my  ftrong  Oppofers  yield, 
Subdu'd  by  my  prevailing  Arms. 

40.  Thro' 


P  S  A  L  Ivl  xvlifi 


33" 


40.  Thro' Him,  the  Necks  of  proftrate  Foes 
My  conqu'ring  Feet  in  Triumph  prefs  : 
Aided    by  Him,   I  root  out  thofe 

Who  hate  and  envy  my  Succefs., 

41.  With  loud  Complaints  all  Friends  they 
But  none  was  able  to  defend  :         [try'd  ; 
At  length  to  God  for  Help  they  cry'd  ; 
But   God  would  no  Affiftance  lend. 

42*  Like  flying  Duft,  wliich  Winds  purfue, 
Their  broken  Troops  I  fcatter'd  round  : 
Their  flaughter'd  Bodies    forth  I  threw, 
Like  loathfome  Dirt  that  clogs  the  Ground, 
PART  VI. 

43.  Our  factious  Tribes,  at  Strife  till  now3 
By  God's  Appointment,  me  obey  ; 

The  Heathen  to    my  Sceptre   bow, 
And  foreign  Nations   own  my  Sway. 

44.  Remoter!  Realms  their   Homage  fend, 
When  my  fuccefsful  Name  they  hear  ; 
Strangers  for  my  Commands  attend, 
Charm'd  with  Reflect,  or  aw'd  by  Fear. . 

45.  All  to  my  Summons  tamely  yield, 
Or  foon  in  Battle  are  difmay'd  ; 

For  ftronger  Holds  they  qui,t  the  Field, 
And  ftill  in  ftrongeft  Holds  afraid. 
46.Xet  the  eternal  Lord  be  prais'd, 
The  Rock  on  wbofe  Defence  I  reft  ! 
O'erhigheft  Heav'ns  His  Name  be  rais'd,. 
Who.  me  with  His  Salvation  blefs'd  ! 

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34  PSA  L  MsYiiij  six... 

47.  5Ti3  God  that  ftill  fupports  my  Right  i: 
His  juft  Revenge  my  Foes  purfue  -r 
*Tis  He,  that,  with  refiftlefs  Might, 
Eierce  Nations  to  my  Yoke  fubdues. 
48*  My  univerfal  Safeguard  He,  ! 
From,  whom  my  lading  Honours  flow  ;; 
He  made  me  great,  and  let  me  free 
From  my  remorfelefs  bloody  Foe.. 

4Qa.  Therefore,  to  celebrate  bis  Fame, 
My  greatful  Voice  to  Heaven  I'll  raife  y 
And  Nations,  Strangers  to  his  Name,. 
Shall  thus  be  taught  to  fing  his  Praife  : 
50.  "  -God  to  his  King  Deliv'rance  fends, . 
Vs  Shews  his  Anointed,  fignal   Grace  : 
cc  His  mercy  evermore  extends 
cc    to.,  David,  and  his  promised  Race.  " 

P  S  A  L  M -A'lX, 
1  ^nr^HE  Heav'ns  declare  thy  Glory,  Lord; 

J[        which  that  alone  can  fill  ; 
TheFirmament  and  Stars  exprefs, 

their  great  Creator's  Skill. 

2.  The  Dawn  of  each  returning'Day, 
frefli  Beams  of  Knowledge  brings  ; 

And  from  the  dark. returns  of  Night. 
divine  Inftruction  fprings. 

3,  Their  pow'rful  Language  to  no  Realm,, 
or  Region  is  confin'd ; 

*Tis  Nature's  Voice,  and  underftood 
alike  by  all.  Mankind., 

4.  Their 


FSUE    xix.  31 

4.  Their  Doctrine  does  its  facred  Senfe 
through  Earth's  Extent  difplay ; 

Whofe  bright  Contents  the  circling  Sun 
does  round  the.  World  convey. 

5.  No  Bridegroom  for  his  Nuptials  drefs'd, 
has  fuch  a  chearful  Face  : 

No  Giant  does  like  him  rejoice, 
to  run  his  glorious  Race. 

6.  FromEafi  to  Weft,  from  Weft  to  Eafiv 
his  reftlefs    Courfe   he  goes    ; 

And,  through  his  Progrefs,  chearful  Light, 
and  vital   Warmth  beftows. 
BART    IL 

7.  God's  perfect  Law  converts  the  Soul,, 
reclaims  from  falls  Defires  ; 

With  facred:  Wifdom  His  fure  Word 
the  Ignorant  infpires. 

8.  The  Statutes  of  the  Lord   are  juft,\ 
and  bring  fine  ere   DeligKt  ; 

His  pure.  Commands  in  fearch  of  Truth, . 
affift  the  feebleft  Sight. 

$r  His  perfect  Worihip  here  is  £x'd? 

on  fure  foundations  laid  : 
His  equal  Laws  are  in  the   Scales 

of  Truth  and  Juftice   weigh' d  : 
10.  Of  more  Efteem  than  golden  Mines, 

or  Gold  refin'd  with   Skill ; 
More  fweet  than    Honey,   or  the  Drops 

that  from   the.  Comb  diftil. 

if.  My 


,    3$  P  S  A  L  M     xix,  xx. 

■i  ii.  My  trufty  Cpunfeliors  they  are, 

j        and  friendly  Warnings  give  : 

*  Divine  Rewards  attend  on  thole 

j        who  by  thy  Precepts  live. 

]  12.  But  what  frail  Man  obferves  how  off 

he  does  from  Virtue  fall  ! 

;  O,  cleanie  me  from  my  fecret  Faults, 
i         thou  God  that  know5 ft  them  all. 

13.  Let  no  prefumptucus    Sin,  Q  Lord, 
Dominion  have  o'er  me  ; 

That,  by  thy  grace  prefer  v'd,  I   may 
;         The  great   Tranfsrefilon  fiee. 

14.  So   iha  1   my  Prayer   and  Praifcs  be 
with  thy  acceptance  blcit  ;  t 

«     And  I  fecure?  on  thy   Defence, 

my  Strength  and    Saviour,    reft. 
P    S     A    L     M      XX. 
1   HpKE  Lord  to  thy  Recjueft   attend, 
and   hear  thee   in   Diftreis  ; 
The  Name  of  Jacob's    God  defend, 
and  grant  thy   Arms  fuccefs. 

2.  To   aid   thee  from    on   High  repair, 
and  Strength  from  Si  on  g*ve  ; 

3.  Remember  all  thy  Offerings  there  ; 
thy    Sacrifice  receive. 

4.  To   coitipafs   thy  own    Heart's  Defire 
thy  Counfels  itill    direct  ; 

Make  kindly   all  Events  confpire 
to  bring   them  to  Effect. 

c.    10 


PSALM       xx3     xxi.  37 

-5.  To  thy  Salvation.  Lord,  for   Aid, 

we   chearfuliy   repair, 
With  Banners  in  thy  Name  difplayM  ;. 

"  The  Lord  accept  thy  Pray'r." 

6.  Our  Hopes  are  fix'd,  that  now  the  Lord 
our  Sov'reign  will  defend  ; 

From    Heav'n  reiiftlefs    Aid  afford, 
and  to  his   Prayer     attend. 

7.  Some  truftin  Steeds  for   War  defign'd, 
on  Chariots  fome    rely  ; 

Againft  them  all,  we'll    call  to  mind 
the  Pow'r  of  God  moil  High. 

8.But,from  theirSteeds  andChariots thrown,. 

behold  them  through  the  Plain, 
Diforder'd,  broke,   and  trampled   down, 

whiifl  firm  our  Troops  remain. 
9.   Still  fave  us,  Lord,  and  {till  proceed 

our  rightful  Caufe   to   blefs  ;    r 
Hear,  King  of  Heav'n,  in  Times  of  Need, 

the  Pray'rs  that  we   addrefs. 

P     S     A     L     111       XXI. 
1  *TpHE  King, O  Lord,  withSongs  ofPraife 

j  fhall    in  thy  Strength  rejoice  ; 

With  thy  Salvation  crown'd,  mail  raife 

to  Heav'n  his  chearful    Voice, 
a  For  thou,  whate'er  his  Lips  requeft, 

not  only  doft  impart. 
But  haft   with  thy  Acceptance  bleft, 

the  Wifhes  of  his  Heart. 

3.  Thy 


3S  P  S  A  L  M    xxi; 

3.  Thy  Goodnefs,  and  thy  tender  Carey, 
have,  all    his    hopes  out-gone  ; 

A  Crown  of  Gold  thou  mad'ft  him  wear, 
and  fett'dft  it  firmly  on. 

4.  He  pray'dfor  Life  ;  and  thou,  O  Lord, 
did'it  his  ihort    Span    extend, 

And  graciouily   to  him   affords 
a  Life  that  ne'er  mail   end. 

5  Thy  fure  Defence  through  Nations  round 
has   fpread  his  glorious  Name  ; 

And  his   fuecefsful  Actions  crown'd 
with  Majefty  and  Fame. 

5.  Eternal  BLeffings  thou  he  Sow' ft, 
and  makTt  his  Joys  increafe  ; 

Whiift  thou    to  him,  unclouded,  mow-fl 

the  Brightnefs  of  thy    F.ice. 
B     A    R    T    II. 
7.   Becaufe  the  King -on  God  alone 

for  timely  Aid   relies  ; 
His  Mercy    flill   fupports  his  Throne, 

And  all  his  Wants  fupplies. 

6  Biift,  righteous  Lord,  thy  ftubborn  Foes- 
fhall  feel   thy  heavy  Hand. ; 

Thy  vengeful  Arm  fhall   find  out  thofe 
that  hate  thy   mild  Command. 

9.  When  Thou  againft  them  doft  engage, 
thy  juft,  but   dreadful  Doom 

Shall,  like    a  glowing  Oven's  Rage, 
their  Hopes  and  them   confume. 

10.  Nor 


F  S»A  L  M     xxi,   xxuY  j&r 

ip.  Nor  Hiall  thy  furious  Anger  ceafe, 

or  with  their  Ruin  end  : 
But  root. out  all  their  guilty  Race, .     ' 

and  to.  their  Seed  extend. 

i  j.  For  all  their  Thoughts  were  fet  on  11^. 

their  Hearts  on.  Malice  bent  ; 
But  thou  with  watchful  Cax~e  did' ft  ftill 

the  ill  Effects  prevent. 
12. .  In  vain  by  mameful  Flight  they'll  try; 

to^fcape  thy  dreadful  Might  ; 
While  thy  fwift  Darts    fhall- fafter  flyy 

and   gall  them  in  their  Flight, 

23.  Thus^  Lord,,  thy  wond'rous  Strengths 
and  thus  exalt  thy  Fame  ;  [  difclofe3. 

Whilft   we  glad  'Songs  of  praife  compote, 
to  thy  Almighty  Name. 

P  SAL  M    XXII, 
1  T\  /l"  Y O od,  my  God,  why  leav'ft  thou  me, . 
A.  v  JL     when  I  with  an.guim  faint  I 
O,  why  fofar  from,  me  remov'd,. 
and  from  my  loud  Complaint  ? 

2.  All  Day,  but  all  the  Day  unheard  I 
to   Thee  dol  complain  ; 

With  Cries  implore  Relief  all    Night ? 
but   cry  all  Night  in  vain, 

3.  Yet,  Thou  art  ftill  the  righteous  Judge^ 
of  Innocence  opprefs'd  ; 

And  therefore  Ifrael's  Praifes  are 
of  Right  ta  Thee  adckeis'd. 

4,  J.   Ol^: 


40  PSAL  M-xxii.. 

^  c.  On  Thee  our  Anceftors  rely'd^ 

and  thy  Deliverance  found  ; 
With"  pious  Confidence  they  pray'd, 

and   with  Succefs    were    crown' d., 

6.   But  I  am   treated  like  a.  Worm, 

like  none  of  human  Biith  : 
Not  only  by  the  Great   revil'd, 

but   made  the   Rabble's  Mirth, 
yv  With  Laughter   all  the  gazing    Cro\v'd> 

my    Agonies  furvey  ; 
They  ihoot   the  Lip,  they  ihake  the  Head,. 

and  thus,  deriding  fay  : 

8.  "■  In    God   he  trufted,  boafting  oft, 
"  "    that  he  was  HeavVs  Delight ; 

f«  Let  God  comedown  to  fave  him  now.. 
«  and  own  his  favourite,." 
PART  Ik 

9,  Thou madTtmy  teeimngMother  Womb 
'  a  living  offspring  bear  : 

When  but  a  Suckling  at  the  Breaft, 

I  was    thy  early  Care. 
io    Thou,  Guardian  like,  didft  flueld  from 

my  hclpleis  Mm   Day*  ;         [Wrongs 
And   fince  haft   been  my  God,  and  Guide, 

through  Life's  hewilder'd  Ways. 
u.  Withdraw  not  then  fo  far  from  me,. 

when  Trouble  is  fo  nigh  : 
O  fend  me  Help  !  thy  Help,  on  which 

I  only  can  rely,  ^ 


PSALM    xxii.  41 

i  2.  High-pamper' d  Bulls,  a  frowning  Herd 

from  Bci/an' s  Foreft  met, 
With  Strength  proportion5 d  to  their  Rage, 

have  me  around  befet. 

13.  They  gape  on   me,  and  ev'ry  Mouth 

a  yawning  Grave  appears ; 
The  defert  Lion's  ravage  Ptoar 

lefs  dreadful  is  than  theirs.. 
PART  III. 
1 4. My  Blood,like  Water's  fpilPd,  my  Joints 

are  rack'd,  and  out    of  Frame  ; 
My  Heart  dirTolves  wiihin  my  Breaft, 

like  Wax  before  the  Flame. 
1 5 My  Strength,  likePotters  Earth,  is  parch' d 

my  Tongue  cleaves  to  my  Jaws  ; 
And   to  the  filent  Shades  of  Death: 

ray  fainting:  Soul  withdraws. 

16.  Like  Blood-hounds  tofuiToundme,they 
:  in  pack'd  AfTemblies  meet,     - 

They  pierc'dmy  inofT^niive  Hands, 
they  pierc'd  my  harmlefs  Feet, 

17.  My  Body's  rack'd,  till  all  ray  Bones. 
diiUnclly  may  be  told  : 

Yet  fuch  a  fpectacle  of  Woe, 
as  Paftime  they  behold, 

18.  As  Spoil,  my  Garments  they  divide, 
Lots  for  my  Vefture  cafe.  : 

1 9.T herefore  approach  OLord, -my  Strength 
and  to   my  Succour  hafte. 

20.  From 


4*  P  S  A  L  W  xxiL 

eo.  From  their •  fli arp  Sword  protect  thaumc$.. 

of  all  but  life  bereft  ! 
Nor  let  my  Darling  in- the  Fow'r 

of  cruel   Dcgs  be  left. 

cii.  To  fave  me  from  the  Lion's  ]aws? 

thy  prefent  Succour  fend  ; 
As  once,  from  goring  Unicorns, 

thou  didft  my  Life  defend. 
22.  Then  to  my  Brethcn  I'll  declare 

the  Triumphs  of  thy  Name  ; 
In  Prefence  of  affembledS.vmts, 

thy  Glory  thus  proclaim  : 

g&i  "  Ye  Wofhippers  of  Jacob's  God, 

*'  all  you  of  Ifraets  Line, 
u  O  prarfe  the  Lord,  and  to  your  P  rails 

11  fincere  Obedience  join. 

24.  "  He  ne'er  difdain'd  on  low  Diftrefs 
"  to  call  a  gracious  Eye  ; 

6*  Nor  turn'd  from  Poverty  His  Face,. 
"  but  hears  its  humble  Cry?*; 
P  A  R  r    IV. 

25.  Thus  in  thy  facred  Courts,  will  I 
my  chearful  Thanks  exprejfs- ; 

In  Prefence  of.  thy  Saints  perform 
the  Vows  of  my  Diftrefs. 

26.  The  meek  Companions  of  my  Grief 
mall  find  my  Table  fpread  ; 

And  all  that  feek  the  Lord,  fhall-be 
with  Joys  immortal  fed. 

27.  Tfifl 


PS  A  L  M     xxl^  xxlur  45- 

%f3  Then   fhall  the  glad  converted 'Wcrki 

to  God    their   Homage  pay  ; 
And  fcatter'd  Nations  of  the  Earths 

one  Sov'reign  Lord  obey. 
28   'Tis  His  fupreme  Prerogative 

o?er  fuhjecr.  Kings  to  reign  : 
'Tis  juft  that  he  mouldrmeVhe  World;. 

who  does  the  World  fuilaiiT. 

2,9.  The  Rich,  who   are  with  Plenty  fec% 

His  Bounty  mud   confers  : 
The  Sons   of  Want,  by  Kmy,  relieved, 

their  gen'rous  Patron-  blefs. 
With  humble  Worihip  to  his  Throne- 

they  all  for  Aid  refort  : 
That  Pow'r  which  firft  their  Beings  gav%. 

can  only  them  fupport. 

30,  31.  Then  fhall  a  chofen  fpotlefs  Race* 

devoted  to   His. Name, 
To  their  admiring  Heirs,  His  Truth 
and  glorious  Acr.s  proclaim. 
P'&AL.M-   XXIII. 
i/TpHELord  himfelf,  the  mighty  Lord*.. 
X        vouxhfifes  tOibe  my   Guide  ; 
The  Shepherd,  by  whofe  corr&ant  Gare 

my  Wants    are    all  fupph 'J. 
Is.  In  tender   Grafs  he  makes  me  feed, 

and'  gently  ther>  reppfe  ; 
Then  leads  me  to  cool  Shades,  and^where- 
refr.eflung   Water  flows, 

**   Ht: 


44  PSALM     xxiii,    xxiv. 

-v  He  does    my    wandring  Soul   reclaim* 

and,  to  his  endlefs  Praife, 
Inftruct  with  humble  Zeal  to  walk 
in  his  moll  righteous  Ways,      i 
4.  I  pafs  ibe  gloomy  Vale  of  Deatn* 

from  Fear  'and   Danger   free  • 
For-,  fehere  his   aiding  Rod  and  Staff 

defend  and  comfort   me>. 
&  In  Prefence  of  my  fpiteful  Foes, 
"'  he  does  My  Table  fpread  ; 
He  crowns  my  Cup  with  chearful  Winev 

with   Oil  anoints    my  Head. 
6.  Since  God  doth  thus  his  wondrous  Lover 

through  all  my  Life  extend, 
That  Life  to  Him  I  will  devote, 
and  in  his  Temple,  fpend. 

P  S  A  I  M     XXIV. 
1   npHIS  fpacious  Earth  is  all  the  Lord  s  5. 

1  The  Lord's  her  Fulnefs  is,  t 

The  World,  and  they  that  dwell  therein,. 

by  -fov'reign  Right  are  His. 
2.  He  frarn'd  and  fix'd  it- on  the  Seas  y 

and    His    Almighty    Hand, 
Upon  iaconilant  Floods,  has  made. 
the  ftable  Fabrick   ftahd, 

3.  But  for  Himielf  this  Lord  of   AH 

one  chofen   Seat  delign'd  : 

Q!    who  {hall   to  that  facred   Hill 

defir'd  Admittance  find   I 

4.    1  he 


P  S  A  L  M     xxiv,  45 

4.  The  Man  whole  Hands  andHeart  are  pure, 

whofe  Thoughts  from  Pride  are  free, 
Who  htmeft  Poverty  prefers, 
to  gainful  Purjury* 

5.  This,  this  is  he,  on  whom  the  Lord 
mail  fhow'r  His  Bleffings  down  ; 

Whom  God,  his  Saviour,  Ihall  vouchfafc 
with  Righteouihefs  to  crown. 

6.  Such  is  the  Race  of  Saints,  by  whom 
the  facred  Courts  are  trod  -, 

And  fuch  the  Profelytes,  that  feek 
the  Face  of  Jacob's  God. 

7.  Erect  your  Pleads,  eternal   Gates  ; 

unfold  to  entertain 
The  King  of  Glory  :  See  !  He  comes 

with  His  Celeftial  Train. 
-g.  Who  is  this  King  of  Glory  ?  Who  ? 

The  Lord  for  Strength  renown' d  ; 
In  Battle  mighty  ;  o'er  His  Foes, 

eternal  Victor  crown 'd. 

9.  Erect  your  Heads,  ye  Gates  ;  unfold 

in  State,  to  entertain 
The  Kins:  of  Glory  :  See  !  He  comes 

with  all  PL's  mining  Train. 
10-.  WTho  is  this  King  of  Glory  ?  Who  ? 

The  Lord  of  Holts,  renown* d  ; 
Of  Glory  He  alone  is  King, 

who  is  rwith  Glory  crown'd. 

PSALM 


4o  P  S  A  L  M     xxv. 

P  S  A  L  M    XXV. 

•i,rpO    God,    in   whom  I   trail, 
2.   X       *  ^   ^T  Heart  and  Voice 
'O  !  let  me  not  be  put  to  fhaiiie, 
nor  let  my  Foes  rejoice. 

3.  Thofe  who  on  thee  rely, 
let  no    Difgrace  attend  : 

*Be  that  the  ihameful  lot  of  fuch 
as  wilfully  offend. 

4,  5.  Tome  thy  truth  impart, 
and  lead  me  in  thy  way  : 

For  thou  art  He  that  brings  me  helj  ; 
on   Thee  I  wait  all    Day. 

6.  Thy  Mercies,  and  thy  Love, 
O  Lord,  recall  to    Mind  ; 

And  gracioufly  continue  full, 
as  thou  wert  ever  kind, 

7.  Let  all  my  yrouthful  Crimes 
•be  blotted  out  by  thee  ; 

And  for  thy  wond'rous  goednefs'   fake5 
in  Mercy  think  on  me. 

8.  His   Metcy,  and  his  Truth, 
The  righteous  Lord  difplays, 

In  bringing  wandVing  Sinners  home, 
and  teaching  them  his  ways. 

9 .  He  thofe  in  Juftice  guides, 
who  his  Direction  feek  ; 

And  in  his  facred  Paths  mall  lead 
the  humble  and  the   meek. 

ao.  Through 


F  S  A  L  M    xxv.  47 

no.  'Through  all  the   Ways  of  God 
hoik  Truth    and  Mercy  mine. 
To  fuch  as  with  religious  Hearts 
to  his   blefl  Will  incline. 

P  ART    II. 

ii.  Since   Mercy  is  4he  -Grace 
that-  moil  exalts   thy  Tame  ; 
Forgive  my  heinous  Sin,  O  Lore!., 
and  fo   advance  thy  Name. 

12.  Whoe'er  with  humble  Fear 
to   God    his    Duty    pays, 

Shall    find  the  Lord  a  faithful    GuiEe^ 
in    all   his  righteous   Ways. 

13.  His  quiet  Soul  with  Peace 
fkall  be  for  ever   bleft, 

And   by  his  num'reus  Race  the  Lant 

fucceirively  poflefs'd. 

'14.  For   God  to   all    his  Saints 

his  fecret  Will  imparts, 
And    does   his  gracious   Gov'nant  write 

in  their   obedient  Hearts. 

15  To   Him  I   lift   my  Ey€S, 

and  wait  His  timely  Aid, 
Who  breaks  the  ftrong  and  treacherous  Snare 

which   for  my  Feet   was  laid. 

16.  O  !  turn,    and  all  my    Griefs, 

in    Mercy,  Lord,^redrefs  ; 
For   I  am  compafs'd  round    with   Woes5 

and  plun^d  in  ^deep    Kftrefs. 

17.  The 


43  P  S  A  L  M     xxv,     xxvi. 

ly.  The  Sorrows  of  my  Heart 
to  mighty  Sums   increafe  ; 

0  !  from  this  dark  and  diimal  State 

my  troubled  Soul  releafe  ! 

1 8.  Do  Thou,  with  tender  Eyes, 
my  fad  Affliction  fee  ; 

Acquit  me,  Lord,  and  from  my  Guilt 
intirely  fet  me  free. 

19.  Confider,  Lord,  my  Foes, 
how  vafl  their  Numbers  grow  ! 

What  lawleis  Force  and  Rage  they  ufe> 
what  boundlefs  Hate  they  mow  ! 

20.  Protect,  and  fet  my  Soul, 
from  their  fierce    Malice  free  ; 

Nor  let  me  be  afham'd,  who  place 
my  ftedfaft  Trufl  in  Thee. 

21.  Let  all  my   righteous  Acls 
to   full   Perfection  rife  ; 

Becaufe  my   firm  and  conftant  Hope 
on  Thee  alone   relies. 

22.  To  If  me  I' s  chofen  Race 
continue  ever  kind  ; 

And,  in  the  midft  of  all  their  Wants, 
let  them  thv  Succour  find. 

P  S  A  L  M    XXVI. 
1 1  UDGE,  me,  O  Lord  ;  for   I  the  Paths 
J  of  rlighteoufnefs  have  trod  : 

1  cannot  fail,  who  all  my  Truft 

repofe  on  Thee,  my  God. 

2,  3.  Search, 


PSALM  xxv,,  49 

2,3. Search  prove  myHeart,  whofe  Innocence 

will  fhine,  the  more  'tis  try'd  ; 

For  I  have  kept  thy  Grace  in  View, 

and  made  thytrnth  my  guide. 

4.  I  never  for  Companions  took 

the  idle  or  prophane  $ 
No  Hypocrite,  with  all  his  arts, 

could  e'er  my  friendiliip  gain. 
.5.  I  hate  the  bufy,  plotting  Crew^ 

who  make  diffracted  times  y 
And  iliun  their  wicked  company, 

as  I  avoid  their  crimes. 

6.  I'll  warn  my  hands  in  Innocences 

and  bring  a  heart  fo  pure, 
That,  when  thy  altar  I  approach, 

my   welcome  mall  be  fure. 
55  8.  My  thanks  Flipublifh  there,  and  tell, 

how  thy  renown  excels  : 
That  Seat  affords  me  moll  Delight, 

in  which  thy  Honour  dwells. 

9.  Pafs  not  en  me  the  iinners  doom, 

who  murder  make  their  trade  5 
1  o.  Whom  others  rights,  by  fecret  bribes, 

or  open  force,   invade, 
i  1.  But  I  will  walk  in  paths  of  truth, 

and  Innocence  purfue  : 
Protect  me  therefore,  and  to  me 

thy  mercies,  Lord,  renew. 


12, 


la 


5° 


PSALM    xxvi,     xxvii. 


12.  In  fpite  of  all  affimlting  Foes, 

1  {till  maintain  my  ground  ; 
And  mall  furvive  amongft  thy  faints, 

thy   praifes  torefound. 
PSALM  XXVII. 
i\\  THOM  mould  I  fear,fince  God  to  me 

W       is  faving  health  and  Light  ? 
Since  flrongly  he  my  life  fupports, 

what  can  my  foul  affright  ? 
2.  With  fierce  intent  my  flefh  to  tear,. 

when  foes  befet  me  round, 
They  Humbled,    and  their  lofty  Creft  s 

were  made  to  ftrike  the  ground. 
*>.  Thro'  him,  my  heart,  undaunted,  dares, 

with  num'rous  holts  to  cope  ; 
Thro'  him  in  doubtful  ftrcights  of  war 

for  good  fuccefs  I  hope. 

4.  Henceforth  within  his  houfe  to  dwell 
I  earneftly  defire  ; 

His  wond'rous  beauty  there  to  view, 
and  his  bleft  will  inquire. 

5.  For  there  may  I  with  comfort  reft, 
in  times  of  deep  diftrefs  ; 

And  fafe  as  on  a  Rock  abide 
in  that  fecure  Recefs  : 

6.  Whilft  God  o'er  all  my  haughty  foes 
my  lofty  head  mail  raife  ; 

And  I  my  joyful  offering  bring, 

and  nng.£lad  fongs  of  praife.       ^  ^ 


PSALM     xxvii.  ,         51 

PA  RT  II. 
y.  Continue,  Lord,  to  hear  my  voice, 

whene'er  to  thee  I  cry  ; 
In  mercy  all  my  pray'rs  receive, 

nor  my  requeft  deny. 

8.  When  us  to  feek  thy  glorious  face 
Thou   kindly  doft  advife  ; 

**  Thy  glorious  face  I'll  always  feek,5* 
my   grateful  heart  replies. 

9.  Then  hide  not  thou  thy  face,  O  Lord, 
nor  me  in  wrath  reject : 

My  God  and  Saviour,  leave  not  him 

Thou  didft  fo  oft  protect. 
so.  Tho'  ail  my  Friends,  and  neareflkin* 

their  helplefs  charge  forfake  ; 
Yet  thou,  whofe  love  excels  them  all, 

wilt  care  and  pity  take. 

11.  Inftruct  me  in  thy  paths,  O   Lord  • 
my  ways  directly  guide  ; 

Left  envious  men,  who  watch  my  ft'eps 
ihould  fee  me  tread  afide. 

12.  Lord,  difappoint  my  cruel  foes  * 
defeat  their  ill  deiire, 

Whofe  lying  lips,  and  bloody  hands, 
againft  my  peace  confpire. 

13.  I  trufted  that  my  future  life 
ihould    with  thy  love  be  crown'd  * 

Or  elfe  my  fainting  foul  had  funk, 
with  forrow  compafs'd  round. 

c  2  14*  God9$ 


£fc  PSALM   xxvii,  xxvSL 

34,  God's  time  with  patient  faith  expec% 

and  He'll  infpire  thy  breaft 
With  inward  ftrength  :  do  thou  thy  part, 

and  leave  to  him  the  reft. 
PSALM  XXVIII. 
*/~\  LORD,  my  rock,  to  thee Tcry, 
\J       in  fighs  confume  my  Breath, 
C)  !  anfwer  ;  or  I  fhall  become 

like  thofe  that  fleep  in  death. 
2r  Regard  my  fupplication,  Lord, 

•die  Cries  that  I  repeat, 
With  weeping  eyes,  and  lifted  hands, 

before  thy  Mercy-feat. 

,3,  Let  me  efcapethe  finners  -doom, 

who  make  a  Trade  of  Iil  ; 
And  ever  fpeak  the  perfon  fair, 

whofe  Blood  they  mean  to  fpilh 

4.  According  to  their  Crimes  extent, 

let  Juftice  have  its  courie  -. 
Eelentlefs  be"  to  them,  as  they 
have  finn'd  without  remorfe. 

5.  Since  they  die  Works  of   God   defpife, 

nor  will  his  Grace  adore  ; 
ills  wrath  mall  utterly  dcftroy, 
and  build  tbem  up  no  more. 
&  But  I,  with  due  Acknowledgement, 
liis  praifes  will  refound, 
.111  whom  the  cries  of  my  diftrefs 
■sraciouJ  anuvir  to  and. 

7-  My 


PSA  L  M  xxviiij     xxixv     j-j 

fi  My  Heart  its  Confidence  repos'd. 

in  God,  my  ftrength  and  ihield  £ 
to  him  I  trailed,  and  return'd 

triumphant  from  the  field  : 
As  he  has  made  my  Joys  complete,, 

'tis  juft   that  I  mould  raife 
The  chearfui  tribute  of  my  thanks,. 

and-  thus  refound   his  praife  : 

8.  "His  aiding   pow'r .  fupparts-  the  .-troops* 

"  that  my  juft  caufe  maintain  : 
<<  'Twas  he  advane'd  me  to  the  throne^ 
"  'tis  he  fecures  my  reign." 

9.  Preferve  thy  chofen,  and  proceed: 
thine  heritage  to  blefs  : 

With  plenty  profper  them,  in  peace  % 
in  battle,  with  fuccefs. 

PSALM    XXIX. 

YE  princes  that  in  might  excel, 
Your  greatful  facrifice  prepare 
God's  glorious  actions  loudly  tell, 
His  wond'rous  pow'r  to  all  declare. 

2.  To  his  great  namefrefh  altars  raife  ^ 
Devoutly  due  refpecl  afford  ;. 

Him  in  his  holy  temple  praife. 
Where  he's  withfoiemn  fcate  adcs'd.. 

3.  'Tis  he  that  with  amazing  noife 
Tlie  watry  clouds  in  funder  breaks  :,; 
The  ocean  trembles  at  his  voice, 
When  he  from  Heav'nin  thunder  fpeaks. 

4,  5.  How, 


54         PSALM     xxix,     xxx. 

4,  5.  How  full  of  pow'r  his  voice  appears  1 
With  what  majeftic  terror  crown' d  ! 
Which  from  the  roots  tall  cedars  tears, 
And  ftrews  their  fcatter'd  branches  round. 

6.  They,  and  the  hills  on  which  they  grow, 
Are  fometimes  hurried  far  away  ; 

And  leap,  like  hinds  that  bounding  go, 
Or  unicorns  in  youthful   Play. 

7,  8,  When  God  in  thunder  loudly  fpeaks, 
And  fcatter'd  flames  of  lightning  fends, 
The  foreil  nods,  the  defart  quakes, 

And  flubborn  KadeJIo  lowly  bend^. 

9.  He  makes  the  hinds  to  cad  their  young, 
And  lays  the  beafts  dark  coverts  bare  ; 
While  thofe  that  to  his  courts  belong, 
Securely  fmg  his  praifes  there. 

10,  11.  God  rules  the,  angry  floods  on  high  : 
His  boundlefs  fway  mail  never  ceafe : 

His  people  he'll  with  Itrength  fupply, 
And  blefs  his  own  with  conftant  peace, 

P  S  A  L  M    XXX. 
1  Y'LL  celebrate  thy  praifes,  Lord, 
X     who  didft  thy  Pow'r  employ 
To  raife  my  drooping  head,  and  check 

my  foes  infulting  Joy. 
2,  3.  In  my  diftrefs  I  cry'd  to  thee, 

who  kindly  didft  relieve, 
And  from  the  grave's  expecting  Jaws 
my  hopekis  life  retrieve. 

4.  Thus 


PSALM    xxx.  $5 

4.  Thus  to  his  courts,  ye  faints  of  his, 
with  ibngs  of  praife  repair  ; 

With  me  commemorate  his  truth, 
and  providential  care. 

5.  His  wrath  has  but  a  moment's  reign  ; 
His  favour  no  decay  : 

Your  night  of  grief  is  recompens'd 
with  joy  's  returning  day. 

6.  But  I,  inprofp'rous  days,  prefum'd; 
no  fudden  change  I  fear'd  ; 

Whilft  in  my  fun-ihine  ©f  fuccefe 
no  low'ring  cloud  appear'd. 

7.  But  foon  I  found  thy  favour,  Lord, 
my  empire's  only  trull  ; 

For  when  thou  hidd'ft  thy  face,  I  faw 
my  Honour  laid  in  dufh 

8.  Then,  as  I  vainly  had  prefum'd, 
my  error  I  confefs'd  ; 

And  thus  with  fupplicating  Voice, 
thy  mercy's  throne  addrefs'd  : 

9."  What  profit  is  there  in  my  Blood, 
"  congeaTd  by  death's  cold  night  ? 

*s  Can  filent  afhes  fpeak  thy  praife, 
"  thy  wohd'rous  truth  recite  ? 

10.  "  Hear  me,  O  Lord  ;  in  mercy  hear  ; 

"  thy  wonted  aid  extend  : 
tc  Do  thou  feud  help,  on  whom  alone 

"  I  can  for  help  depend.  " 

n.'Tis 


5° 


PSALM      xxx,  xxxL 


11.  'Tlsdone !  Thou  haft  my  mournful  fcm& 

to  fongs  and  dances  rarVd  ; 
Invefted  me  in  Ptobes  of  ftate, 

\v  ho  late  in  Sack-cloth  mourn'd. 

iz.  Exalted  thus,  I'll  gladly  fing 
thy  Praife  in  greatful  Verfe  ; 
And,  as  thy  Favours  en.dl.efs  are, 
thy  endlefs  Praife  rehearfe. 
P  S  A  L  M  XXXL 
*  I^EFEND  me,  Lord,  from  fhame  j 

JL^  for  ftill  I  trail  in  thee  : 
A>  Juft  and  righteous  is  thy  name, 
from  danger  fet  me  free. 

2.  Bow  down  thy  gracious  Ear^ 
and  fpcedy  fuccour  fend  : 

Do  thou  my  ftedfait  rock  appear^ 
to  flicker  and  defend. 

3.  Since  thou,  when  foes  opprefs, 
my  rock  and  Fortrefs  art, 

To  guide  me  forth  from  this  Diftrefs, 
thy  wonted  help  impart. 

4.  Releafe  me  from  the  fnare 
which  they  have  clofely  laid  ; 

Since  I,  O  God,  my  ftrength,  repaiv 
to  Thee  alone  for  aid. 

5.  To  thee,  the  God  of  truth, 
my  Life,  and  all  that's  mine, 

(FoFthoupreferv'dft  me  from  my  Youth,) 
I  willingly  refign. 

6.   All 


PSALM  xxxi,  57 

6.  All  vain  defigns  I  hate, 
of  thofe  that  truft  in  lies  : 

And  ftill  my  foul,  in  ev'ry  Hate, 
to  God  for  fuccour  flies. 
P  A  R  TIL 

7.  Thofe  mercies  thou  haft  mown, 
I'll  -ehearfully  exprefs  ; 

For  thou  haft  feen  my  ftreights,  and  known 
my  foul  in  deep  Diftrefs. 

8.  When  Keila/Ys  treach'rous  Race 
did  all  my  ftrength  inclofe, 

Thou  gav'ft  my  feet  a  larger  fpace, 
to  fhun  my  watchful  Foes. 

9.  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  difplay, 
and  hear  my  juft  complaint  ; 

For  both  my  foul  and  fl  em  decay* 

with  Grief  and  hunger  faint. 

1  o.  Sad  thoughts  my  life  opprefs  $ 

my  Years  are  fpent  in  Groans  ; 
My  fins  have  made  my  Strength  decreafe* 

and  ev'n  confum'd  my  bones. 

1 1.  My  foes,  my  fufPrings  mock'd  ^ 

my  Neighbours  did  upbraid  ; 
My  friends,  at  fight  of  me  were  fliockM* 

and  fled  as  men  difmay'd., 

rz.  Forfook  by  all  am  I, 

as  dead,  and  out  of  mind  ; 
And  like  a  matter' d  Veifel  lie, 

whofe  Parts  can  ne'er  be  join'd . 

C  5,  *3-  Yet 


58  P  S  A  L  M    xxxl 

13.  Yet  fland'rous  words  they  fpeak, 
and  feem  my  pow'r  to  dread  ; 

Whilft  they  together,  counfel  take, 
my  guiltlefs  blood  to  fhed. 

1 4.  But  ftill  my  ftedfaft  trull, 
1  on  thy  help  repofe  : 

That   thou,  my  God,  art  good  andjuft, 
my  Soul  with  comfort  knows. 

PART    III. 

15.  Whate'er  events  betide, 
thy  wifdom  times  them  all  : 

Then,  Lord,  thy  fervant  fafely  hide 
from  thofe  that  feek  his  fall. 

1 6.  The  briglitnefs  of  thy  face, 
to  me,  O  Lord,  difclofe  ; 

And,  as  thy  mercies  ftill  increafe, 
•  preferve  me  from  my  foes. 

17.  Me  from  difhon our  fave, 
who  ftill  have  caiTd  on'  thee  ; 

Let  that,  and  filence  in  the  grave, 
the  fmner's  portion  be. 

18.  Do  thou  their  tongues  reftrain  ; 
whofe  breath  in  lies  is  fpent ; 

Who  falfe  reports,  with  proud  difdain, 
aeamft  the  riff1.  :cous  vent. 

19.  How  great  *hy  mercies  are 
to  fuch  as  fear  thy  name  \ 

Which   thou,  for  thofe  that  truft  thy  care, 
deft  to  :Le  world  proclaim  ! 

to.  Tho* 


PSALM  xxxi,    xxxii.       59 

20.  Thou  keep'fl  them  in  thy  fight, 
from  proud  OpprefTors  free  : 
From  tongues  that  do  in  ftrife  delight, 
they  are  preferv'd  by  thee, 

si.  With  glory  and  renown, 
God's  name  be  ever  blefs'd  ; 
Whofe  love  in  Keilah's  well-fenc'd  town 
was  wond'roufly  exprefs'd ! 
22.  I  faid,  in  hafty  flight, 
"  I'm  banifh'd  from  thine  eyes  :  " 
Yet  ftill  thou  kepft  me  in  thy  fight, 
*  and  hearft  my  earneft  cries. 

23.  O!  all  ye  faints,  the  Lord 
with  eager  love  purfue   ; 

Who  to  the  Juft  will  help  afford, 
and  give  the  proud  their  due. 

24.  Ye  that  on  God  rely, 
courageoufly   proceed  ; 

For   he  will  ftill  your  hearts  fupply 
with  ftrength,  in  time  of  need. 
PSALM    XXXII. 
1 Y  TE'sbleftjwhofefinshave  pardon  gain'd 
JLjL  No  more  in  Judgment  to  appear  ; 

2.  Whofe  guilt  remiffion  has  obtain'd, 
And  whofe  repentance  is  fincere. 

3.  While  I  conceal'd  the  fretting  fore, 
My  bones  confum'd  without  rehef  I 
All  day  did  I  with  anguifh  roar  ; 
But  no  complaints   affwag'd  my  grief. 

4.  Heavy 


6a  PSALM  xxxii. 

4.  Heavy  on  me  thy  hand  remain'd, 
By  day  and  night  alike  diftrefs'd  ; 
Till  quite  of  vital  Moifture  drain'd, 

Like  land  with  fummer's  drought  opprefs'd* 

5.  No  fooner  I  my  wound  difclos'd, 
The  guilt  that  tortur'd  me  within, 
But  thy  forgivenefs  interpos'd. 
And  mercy's  healing  balm  pour'd  in. 

6.  True  penitents  mall  thus  fucceed, 
Whofeek  thee  whiMl  thou  mayfl  be  found  } 
And,  from  the  common  deluge  freed, 
Shall  fee  remorfelefs  finners  drown' d. 

7.  Thy  favour,  Lord,  in  all  diitrefs, 
My  tow'r  of  refuge  I  mufl  own   : 
Thou  malt  my  haughty  foes  mpprefs, 
And  me  with  fongs  of  triumph  crown. 

8.  In  my  infraction  then  confide, 

You  that  would  truth's  fafe  path  defcry  : 
Your  progrefs  I'll  fecurely  guide, 
And  keep  you  in  my  watchful  Eye, 

9.  Submit  yourfelves  to  wifdom's  rules, 
Like  men  that  reafon  have  attain'd  ; 

Not  like  th'  ungovern'd   horfe  and  muley 
Whole  fury  mufi  be  curb'd  and  rein'd. 

10.  Sorrows,  on  forrows  multiply*  d, 
The  hardened  linner  fhall  confound  : 
But  ilicm  who  in  his  truth  confide, 
iBlefiings  of  mercy  mall  furround. 

11.  His 


PSALM  xxxii,  xxxiii.  6 1 

ii.  His  Saints,  that  have  performed 'his  laws, 
Their  life  in  triumphs  mail  employ  : 
Let  them  (as  they  alone  have  caufe) 
In  grateful  raptures  fhout  for  Joy. 

P  S  A  L  M    XXXIII.  ' 
i  T    ET  all  the  Juft  to  God  with  Joy 

j  _j     their  ch earful  Voices  raife  ; 
For  well  the  righteous  it  becomes 

to  ling  glad  fongs  of  praife. 
2,3.  Let  harps  and  pfalteries,  and  lutes* 

in  joyful  concert  meet  ; 
And  new-made  fongs  of  loud  applaufe 

the  harmony  complete. 

4,  5.  For  faithful  is  the  word  of  God  v 
His  works  with  truth  abound  : 

He  Juilice  loves  ;  and  all  the  earth 
is  with  his  goodnefs  crown' d. 

6.  By  his  almighty  word,  at  firfl, 
Heavsn's  glorious  arch  was  rear'd  5, 

And  all  the  beauteous  hofts  of  light, 
at  his  command  appear'd. 

7.  The  fwelling  floods,  together  roll'd3 

He  makes  in  heaps  to  lie  ; 
And  lays,  as  in  a  ftore-houfe  fafe? 
the  watry  treafure  by. 

8.  9.  Let  earth,  and  all  that  dwell  therein,, 
before  him  trembling  ftand : 

For,  when  he  fpake  the  word,  'twas  made  : 
'twas  fix'd  at  his  command. 

10.  He 


62  PSALM  xxxiii. 

10.  He,  when  the  heathen  clofely  plot, 
their  counfels  undermines  : 

His  wifdom  ineffectual  makes 
the  people's  raih  defigns. 

1 1 .  Whate'er  the  mighty  Lord  decrees, 
mall  ftand  for  ever  fure  ; 

The  fettled  purpofe  of  his  heart 
to  ages  mail  endure. 

PART  II. 

1 2 .  How  happy  then  are  they,  to   whom 
the  Lord  for  God  is  known  ! 

Whom  he,  from  all  the  world  belides, 
has  chofen  for  his  own. 

13.  14,   15.  He  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
from  Heav'n,  his  throne,  furvey'd : 

He  faw  their  works,andview'd  their  thoughts 
by  him  their  hearts  were  made. 

16,  17.  No  king  is  fafe  by  num'rous  hofts, 

their  flrength  the  urong  deceives  ; 
No  manag'd  horfe,  by  force  or  fpeed, 

his  warlike  rider  faves. 
18,19.  'Tis  Gocl,who  thofe  that  truft  in  him, 

beholds  with  gracious  eyes  : 
He  frees  their  foul  from  death  ;  their  want, 

in  time  of  dearth,  fupplies . 
20,  2 1, Our  foul  on  God  with  patience  waits 

our  help  and  fhield  is  he  I 
Then,  Lord,  let  Hill  our  hearts  rejoice, 

becaufe  wc  truft  in  thee. 

22.  The. 


P  S  A  L  M  xxxiii,  xxxiv.  62 

22.  The  riches  of  thy  mercy,  Lord, 

do  thou  to  us  extend  ; 
Since  we,  for  all  we  want  or  wiili, 
on  thee  alone  depend. 
P  S  A  L  M  XXXIV. 
iry^HKO'  all  the  changing  fcenes  of  Life 

JL  in  trouble,  and  in  Joy, 

The  praifes  of  my  God  ihall  itill 
my  heart  and  tongue  employ. 

2.  Of  his  deliv 'ranee  I  will  boaft, 
till  all  that  are  diftreft, 

From  my  example  comfort  take, 
and  charm  their  griefs  to  reft. 

3.  O !  magnify  the  Lord  with  me, 
with,  me  exalt  his  Name  : 

4.  When  in  diftrefs  to  him  I  calPd, 
He  to  my  refcue  came. 

5.  Their  drooping  hearts  were  foon  refrclh'd 

who  look'd  to  him  for  aid  : 
Delir'd  faccefs  in  ev'ry  face 
a  chearful  air  difplay'd  : 

6.  "  Behold  (fay  they)  behold  the  man, 

"  whom  providence  relieved  ; 
"  So  dang'roufly  with  woes  befet, 
"  fo  wond*rouflv    retriev'd  1" 

7.  The  hofts  of  '^od  encamp  around 
the  dwellings  of  thejuft  ; 

peliv'rance  he  affords  to  all 
.    who  on  his  fuccour  trull. 

8.  O! 


64  PSALM  xxxiv, 

8.  O  !  make  but  trial  of  his  Love, 
.  Experience  will  decide 

How  blell  they  are,  and  only  they, 
who  in  his  truth  confide. 

9.  Tear  him,  ye  faints  ;  and  you  will   then 

have  nothing  elfe  to  fear  : 
Make  you  his  Service  your  delight  ; 
He'll  make  your  wants  his  Care. 

10.  While  hungry  Lions  lack  their  Prey, 
the  Lord  will  food  provide 

\  For  fuch  as  put  their  trull  in  him, 

and  fee  their  Needs  fupply'd. 
,  P  ART  II. 

11.  Approach,  ye  pioufiy  difpos'd. 
t         and  my  Inftruction  hear  ; 

I'll  teach  you  the  true  Difcipiine 
of  his  religious  Fear. 

1  V2.  Let  him  who  length  of  Life  defires, 

and  profp'rous  days  would  fee, 
^13  From  flarid' ring  1  anguage  keep  his  tongue, 
his  Lips  from  faiihood  free  : 

1 4.  The  crooked  paths  of  Vice  decline, 
t         and  Virtue's  Ways  purfue  : 
Eftablifh  peace  where  'tis  begun ; 
and  where  'tis  loft,  renew. 

2  15*  The  Lord  from  Heav'n  beholds  thejuft 

with  favourable  Eyes  ; 
J  And,  when  diftrefs'd,  his  gracious  Ear 
is  open  to  their  Cries  : 

16.  But 


PSALM  xxxiv,  xxxv.  6$ 

16.  But  turns  his  wrathful  look  on  thofe 
whom,  mercy  can't  reclaim, 

To  cut  them  off,  and  from  the  earth 
blot  out  their  hated  Name. 

17.  Deliv'rance  to  his  faints  lie  gives, 
when  his  Relief  they  crave  : 

1 8.  He*s  nigh  to  heal  the  broken  hearty 
and  contrite  fpirit  fave. 

39.  The  wicked  oft,  but  ftill  in  vain, 
againft  the  Juft  confpire  ; 

20.  For,  under  their  affliction's  Weight, 
he  keeps  their  bones   entire. 

21.  The  Wicked,  from  their  wicked  arts, 
their  Ruin  mail  derive  ; 

Whilfl  righteous  Men,  whom  they  detefi^ 
ihall  them  and  theii  *s  furvive. 

22.  For  God  preferves  the  fouls  of  thofe.. 
who  en  his  truth  depend  : 

To  them,  and  their  Pofcerity, 
His  bleffing  mail  defcend, 

P  S  A  L  M  IXXV. 

AG AINS  T  all  thofe  that  ftrive  with  me,. 
O  Lord,  aifert  my  right  : 
With  fuch  as  war  unjuitly  wage,. 

do  thou  my  Battles  fight. 
2.  Thy  Buckler  take,  and  bind  thy  fiiield 

upon  thy  warlike  Arm  : 
Stand  up,  my  God,  in  my  defence  ; 
and  keep  me  fafe  from  Harm, 

3.  Bring- 


66  PSALM      xxxr. 

3. Bring  forth  thy  fpear,  andftop  their  courfe 

that  hafte  my  bleod  to  fpill : 
Say  to  my  foul,  "  I  am  thy  health, 
"  and  will  preferve  thee  ftill.  " 

4.  Let  them  with  fhame  be  cover'd  o'er, 
who  my  deflruction  fought  ; 

And  filch  as  did  my  harm  devifc. 
be  to  confuiion  brought. 

5.  Then  mall  they  fly,  difpers'd  like   chaff 

before  the  driving  wind  : 
God's  vengeful  miriiiter  of  wrath 
mail  follow  clofe  behind. 

6.  And  when,  thro'  dark  and  flipp'ry  ways 

they  ftrive  his  rage  to  fhun, 
His  vengeful   minifters  of  wrath 
fhall  goad  them,  as  they  run. 

j.  Since,  unpi  ovok'd  by  any  wrong, 
they  hid  their  treach'rous  mare  j 

And  for  my  harmlefs  foul  a  pit, 
did  without  caufe  prepare  ; 

8.  Surpris'd  by  mifchiefs  unforefeen, 

by  their  own  arts  betray 'd, 
Their  feet  fhall  fall  into  the  net, 
which  they  for  me  have  laid  ; 

9.  Whilftmygladfoul  mall  God's  great  name 

for  this  deliverance  blefs ; 
And,  by  his  faving  health  fecur'd, 
its  greatful  joy  exprefs  : 

10.  My 


PSALM    xxxv.  67 

10.  My  very  bones  mall  fay,  "  O  Lord, 
"  who  can  compare  with  thee  ? 

"  Who  fett'ft  the  poor  and  helplefs  ma& 
"  from  ilrong  oppreffors  free. 
PART    II. 

11.  Falfe  witneiTes,  with  forg'd  complaints, 
againft  my  truth  combined  ; 

And  to  my  charge  fuch  Things  they  laid 
as  I  had  ne'er  defign'd. 

1 2.  The  good  which  1  to  them  had  done, 
with  evil  they  repaid  ; 

And  did,  by  malice  undeferv'd, 
my  harmlefs  life  invade* 

13.  But  as  for  me,  when  they  were  fick, 
I  ilill  in  fackcloth  mourn' d  ; 

I  pray'd  and  fafted,  and  my  pray'r 
to  my  own  breafl  return'd. 

14.  Had  they  my  friends,  or  brethren  been, 
I  could  have  done  no  more  ; 

Nor  with  more  decent  iigns  of  Grief 
a  mother's  lofs  deplore. 

15.  How  dlft'rent  did  their  carriage  prove, 
in  times  of  my  diftreis '! 

When  they,  in  crouds  together  met, 

did  favage  joys  exprels. 
The  rabble  too,  in  numerous  throngs, 

by  their  example,  came  ; 
And  ceas'd  not  with  reviling  words 

to  wound  my  fpotlefs  fame. 

19.  Scoffers, 


68  PSALM  xxxv; 

16.  Scoffers,  that  noble  tables  haunt, 

and  earn  their  bread  with  Lyes, 
Didgnafh  their  teeth,  and  fland'rous  jefc 

malicioully  devife. 
ij.  But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  look  oa? 

On  my  behalf  appear  ; 
And  fave  my  guiitlefs  foul,  which  they* 

like  rav'ning  Beafts.  would  tear. 
P  A  R  Tl\L 

18.  So  I,  before  the  lift'ning  World,., 
fhall  grateful  thanks  exprefs  ; 

And  where  the  great  aflembly  meets,, 
thy  name  with  praifes  blefs. 

19.  Lord,  fuffer  not  my  caufelefs  foes,, 
who  me  unjuftly  hate, 

With  open  joy,  or  fecret  figns, 
to  mock  my  fad  eftate. 

10.  For  they,  v/ith  hearts  averfe  from  peace? 

induftrioufly  devife, 
Againft  the  men  of  quiet  minds, 

to  forge  malicious  lyes. 

21.  Nor  with  thefe  private  Arts  content, 
aloud  they  vent  their  fpite  ;  . 

And  fay,  "  At  laft  we  found  him  out ; 
"  he  did  it  in  our  fight." 

22.  But  thou,  whodoft  both  them  and  me 
with  righteous  eyes  furvey, 

Affert  my  innocence,  O  Lord, 
and  keep  not  far  away.. 

23.  Sitr 


PSALM   xxxv,  xxxvi.  69 

£3.   Stir  up  thyfelf  in  my  behalf, 

-to  Judgment,  Lord,  awake  : 
Thy  righteous  fervant's  caufe,  O  G0C4 

to  thy  Decifion  take* 

24.  Lord,  as  my  heart  has  upright  been, 
iet  me  thy  Juftice  find  ; 

Nor  let  my  cruel  foes  obtain 
the  triumph  they  deiign'd* 

25.  O  !  lett-hem  not,  amongft  themfelves* 
in  boafting  language  fay, 

**  At  length  our  wifhes  are  complete  ; 
cc  at  laft  he's  made  our  prey." 

26.  Let  fuch  as  in  my  harm  rejoic'd, 
for  fhame  their  faces  hide  ; 

And  foul  diihonour  wait  on  thofe, 

that  proudly  me  defy'd  : 
2-7.  Whilil  they  with  chearful  voices  £hout5 

who  my  juft  caufe  befriend  ; 
And  blefs  the  Lord,  who  loves  to  make 
fuccefs  his  faints  attend. 

•28.  So  mail  my  tongue  thy  Judgments  ling? 

infpir5d  with  grateful  Joy  5 
And  chearful  hymns,  in  praife  of  thee, 
mail  all  my  Days  employ. 
P  S  A   L   M    XXXVL 
%^k  /TY  crafty  foes,  with  flatt'ring  art, 

XVi  His  wicked  purpofe  would  difguife. 
But  reafon  whifpers  to  my  heart, 
No  fear  of  God's  before  his  Eyes. 

a.  He 


70  PSALM  xxxvi. 

2.  He  fooths  himfelf,  retir'd  from  fight  ; 
Secure  he  thinks  his  treach'rous  game  \ 
Till  his  dark  plots,  expos' d  to  light, 
Their  falfe  contriver  brand  with  fhame. 

3.  In  deeds  he  is  my  foe  confefs'd, 
Whilft  with  his  tongue  he  fpeaks  me  fair 
True  wifdom's  banilh'd  from  his  breaft, 
And  vice  has  fole  dominion  there. 

4.  His  wakeful  malice  fpends  the  night 
In  forging  his  accurs'd  deiigns  ; 

His  obflinate,  ungen'rous  fpite 
No  execrable  means  declines. 

5.  But,  Lord,  thy  mercy,  my  fure  hope, 
The  higheft  orb  of  Heav'n  tranfeends  j 
Thy  facred  truth's  unmeafur'd  fcope 
Beyond  the  fparkling  fkies  extends. 

6.  Thy  Juftice  like    the  hills  remains  ; 
Unfathom'd  depths  thy  Judgments  are  j 
Thy  Providence  the  world  fuftains  ; 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  care. 

7.  Since  of  thy  goodnefs  all  partake, 
With  what  affurance  mould  the  juft 
Thy  fhelt'ring  wings  their  refuge  make, 
And  faints  to  thy  protection  truft  ! 

8."  Such  guefls  Ihall  to  thy  courts  be  ledj 
To  banquet  on  thy  love's  repaft  : 
And  drink,  as  from  a  fountain's  head. 
Of  joys  that  fhall  forever  lait. 

9-    Witk 


F  S  A  L  M  xxxvi,  xxxvli.        yi 

ji,  With  thee  the  fprings  of  life  remain  | 
"Thy  prefence  is  eternal  day  : 
i^.  O  !  let  thy  faints  thy  favour  gain  \ 
To  upright  hearts  thy  truth  difplay. 
1 1  Whilft  pride's  infuking  foot  would  fpurn 
And  wicked  hand  my  life  furprife  ; 
12.  Their   mifchiefs  on  themfelves  return  ; 
Down,down  they're  fall'n,  no  more  to  rife. 

P  S  A  L  M    XXXVII. 
i^TTMiO'  wicked  Men  grow  rich  or  great 
j  Yet  letmot  their  fuccefsful  ftate 

Thy  anger,  or  thy  envy,  raife  : 

2.  For  they,  cat  down,  like  tender  grafs, 
"Or  like  young  flow'rs,  away  ihall  pafs, 

Whofe  blooming  beauty  foon  decays. 

3.  Depend  on  God,  and  him  obey  ; 
So  thou  within  the  land  fhalt  flay, . 

Secure  from  danger,   and  from  want  ; 

4.  Make  his  commands  thy  chief  delight : 
And  he,  thy  duty  to  requite, 

Shall  all  thy  earneft  Wifhes  grant. 

5.  In  all  thy  ways  truft  thou  the  Lord, 
And  he  will  needful  help  afford, 

To  perfect  ev'ry  juft  defign  ; 

6.  He'll  make,  like  light,  ferene  and  clear, 
Thy  clouded  innocence  appear, 

And  as  a  mid-day  fun  to  Ihine. 

7.  With  quiet  mind  on  God  depend, 
A$d  patiently  for  him  attend ; 

Nor 


72  PSALM  xxxvii. 

Nor  let  thy  anger  fondly  rife, 
Tho5  wicked  men  with  wealth  abound, 
And  with  Succefs  the  plots  are  crown5 d, 

Which  they  malicioufly  devife. 

&.  From  anger  ceafe,  and  wrath  forfake ; 
Let  no  ungovern5d  paffion  make 

Thy  wav5ring  heart  efpofe  their  crime : 
9.  For  God  fhall  iinful  men  deftroy  ; 
Whilft  only  they  the  land  enjoy, 

Who  truft  on  him,-  and  wait   his  time. 

1  o.  Ho w  foon  fhall  wicked  men  decay  ! 
Their  place  fhall  ^vanifh  quite  away, 

Nor  by  the  flricteft  fearch  be  found  ; 
1 1 .  Whilft  humble  fouls  poflefs  the  earth, 
Rejoicing  ftill  with  godly  mirth, 

With  peace  and  plenty  always  crown5d» 
PART  IV 
11.  While  fmful  crowds,  with  falfe  defign, 
Againft  the  righteous  few  combine, 

And  gnafh  their  teeth,  and  threat'ning 

1 3.  God  fhall  their  empty  plots  deride,  [ftan'd; 
And  laugh  at  their  defeated  pride  : 

He  fees  their  ruin  near  at  hand. 

1 4.  They  draw  the  fword,  and  bend  the  bow, 
The  poor  and  needy  to  o'rethrow, 

And  men  of  upright  lives  to  flay  : 

1 5.  But  their  ftrong  bows  fhall  foon  be  broke, 
Their  fharpen5d  weapon's   mortals   ftroke 

Thro5  their  own  hearts  fhall  force  its  way. 

16.  A 


PSALM  xxxvii.  73 

lJ5.  A  little,  with  God's  favour  bleft, 
That's  by  one  righteous  man  pofTefs'd, 
The  wealth  of  many  bad  excels  : 

17.  For  Godfupports  thejuft  man's  caufe  5 
But,  as  for  thofe  that  break  his  laws, 

Their  unfuccefsful  pow'r  he  quells. 

18,  His  conftant  care  the  upright  guides, 
And  over  all  their  life  prefide3  ; 

Their  portion  mail  forever  laft  : 
2  9.  They,  when diflrefs  o'erwheims  the  earth 
Shall  be  unmov'd,  and  ev'n  in  death 

The  happy  fruits  of  plenty  tafte. 

20.  Not.  fo  the  wicked  men,  and  thoie 
Who  proudly  dare  God's  will  oppofe  : 

Deftruction  is  their  haplefs  mare : 
Like  fat  of  lambs,  their  hopes,  and  they, 
Shall  in  an  inilant  melt  away, 

And  vaniih  into  fmoke  and  air. 

PART  III. 

2 1 .  While  fmners,  brought  to  fad  decay, 
Still  borrow  on,  and  never  pay, 

The  juit  have  will  and  pow'r  to  give  5 

22.  For  fuch  as  God  vouchfafes  to  blefs, 
Shall  peaceably  the  earth  poifefs  ; 

And  thofe  he  curfes,  fliaJl  not  live* 

23.  The  good  man's  way  is  God's  delight  $ 
He  orders  all  the  fleps  aright, 

.    Of  him  that  moves  by  his  command  ; 
D  2.4.  Though 


74  PSALM  xxxvii. 

^.Though  he  fometimes  may  be  diftrefs'd  i 
Yet  fhall  he  ne'er  be  quite  opprefs'd  ; 
For  God  upholds  him  with  his  hand. 

25.  From  my  firft  youth,  till  ageprevaiPd 
1  never  faw  the  righteous  fail'd, 

Or  want  o'ertake  his  num'rous  race  : 

26.  Becaufe  companion  fill'd  his  heart, 
And  he  did  chearfully  impart, 

God  made  his  offspring's  wealth  increafe. 

27.  With  caution  ihun  each  wicked  deed, 
In  virtue's  ways  with  zeal  proceed, 

And  £0  prolong  your  happy  days  : 

28.  For  God,  who  judgment  loves,  does  ft  ill 
Preferve  his  faints  fecure  from  ill,        t 

While  foon  the  wicked  race  decays. 

29.  30,  31.  The  upright  fhall  poiiefs  the 
His  portion  fhall  for  ages  ftand  ;     [land  : 

His  mouth  with  wifdom  is  fupply'd  ; 
His  tongue  by  rule  of  judgment  moves  : 
His  heart  the  law  of  God  approves  ; 

Therefore  his  footfteps  never  flide. 

PART    IV. 

o^.  In  wait  the  watchful  firmer  lies, 
In  vain,  the  righteous  to  furprife  ; 

la  vain,  his  ruin  does  decree  : 
%*.  God  wu^  not  nnT1  defencelefs  leave, 
To  his  revenge  expos'd,  but  five  ; 

Andy  when  he's  fentene'd,  fet  him  free. 

34.  Wait 


1 


PSALM     xxxvii,  xxxviii.         75 

34.  Wait  ftili  on  God  ;  keep  his  command  £ 
And  thou,  exalted  in  the  land, 

Thy  bleft  poffeflion  ne'er  malt  quit. 
The  wicked  foon  deflroy'd  fhall  be, 
And  at  his  difmal  tragedy 

Thou  fhalt  a  fafe  fpedator  fit. 

1,5.  The  wicked  I  in  pow'r  have  feen, 
And  like  a  bay-tree,  frefh  and  green, 
That  fpreadsits  pleafant  Branches  round* 

36.  But  he  was  gone  as  fwift  as   thought  j 
And  tho'  in  ev'ry  place  I  fought, 

No  fign  or  track  of  him  I  found. 

37.  Obferve  the  perfect  man  with  care. 
And  mark  all  fueh  as  upright  are  ; 

Their  rougheil  days  in  peace  fhall  end* 

38.  While  on  the  latter  end  of  thofe, 
Who  dare  God's  facred  will  oppofe, 

A  common  ruin  mail  attend* 

39.  God  to  the  juft  will  aid  afford : 
Their  only  fafeguard  is  the  Lord  ; 

Their  ftrength,  in  time  of  need,  is  he: 

40.  Becaufe  on  him  they  ftill  depend, 
The  lord  will  timely  fuccour  fend, 

And  from  the  wicked  fet  them  free. 
PSALM    ZZZVIII. 

THY  chaft'ning  wrath,  O  Lord,  reftrain, 
tho'  1  deferve  it  all  ; 
Nor  let  at  once  on  me  theftornv 
of  thy  difpleafure  fall, 

D  %  2  c  1st 


76  PSALM  xxxviiJ, 

i.  In  ev'ry  wretched  part  of  me 

thy  arrows  deep  remain  ; 
Thy  heavy  hand's  afflicting  weight 

I  can  no  more  fuftain. 

3.  My  flefh  is  one  continu'd  wound, 

Thy  wrath  fo  fiercely  glows  ; 
Betwixt  my  punifhment  and  guilt, 
my  bones  have  no  repofe. 

4.  My  fins,  which  to  a  deluge  fwell, 

my  linking  head  o'ernow  ; 
And,  for  my  feeble  ftrength  to  bear, 
too  vaft  a  burden  grow. 

5.  Stench  and  corruption  fill  my  wounds, 

my  folly's  j uft  return  : 

6.  With  trouble  I  am  warp'd  and  bow'd, 

and  all  dty  long  I  mourn. 

7.  A  lqath'd  difeafe  afflicts  my  loins, 

infecting  ev'ry  part ; 
•8.  With  ficknefs  worn,  I  groan  and  roar, 

thro'  anguiih  of  my  heart. 
P  A  RTIL 
9.  But,  Lord,  before  thy  fearching  eyes 

all  my  defirejs  appear  ; 
And,  fare,  my  groans  have  been  too  louc 

not  to  have  reach'd  thine  ear. 
I  d.  My  heart  opprefs'd,  my  ftrength  decay'j 

my  eyes  dcpriv'd  of  light  : 
-1 1 .  Friends,  Covers,  kinfmen,  gaze  aloof 

C'.u  fuA  a  difmal  light. 

11.  Mea 


PSA  L  M   xxxviii.  77 

12.  Mean  while,  the  foes  that  feck  my  life, 
their  fnares  to  take  me  fet  ; 

Vent  flanders,  and  contrive  all  day 
to  forge  fome  new  deceit. 

13.  But  I,  as  if  both  deaf  and  dumb, 
nor  heard,  nor  once  reply'd  ; 

14.  Quite  deaf  and  dumb,  like  one  whofe 
with  confcious  guilt  is  ty'd.        [tongue 

1 5.  For  Lord,  to  thee  I  do  appeal, 
my  innocence  to  clear  ; 

AiTur'd  that  thou,  the  righteous  God, 

my  iirjur'd  caufe  wilt  hear. 
s6. "  Hear  me,  "  faid  I,  "  left  my  proud  foes 

cf  a  fpiteful  joy  difplay  ; 
"Infulting,  if  they  fee  my  foot 

"  but  once  to  go  aftray." 

17.  And,  with  continual  grief  opprek'dj 
to  fink  I  now  begin, 

18.  To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  will  confefs. 
To  thee  bewail  my  fin. 

19.  But  wbilft  I  languiili,  my  proud  foes 
their  itrength  and  vigoui  boatt  ; 

And  they  who  hate  me  without  caufe.. 
are  grown  a  dreadful  hoft. 

I  20.  Ev'n  they  whom  I  obliged,  return 
my  kindnefs  with  defpite  ; 
And  are  my  enemies,  becaufe 
I  chufe  the  path  that's  right. 

21,  feriakv 


78  PSALM  xxxviii,    xxxix* 

»i.  Forfake  me  not,  O  Lord  my  God, 

nor  far  from  me  depart ; 
22.  Make  hafte  to  my  relief,  O  thou 
who  my  falvation  art. 

PSALM    XXXIX. 
iT)  ESOLV'D  to  watcho'er  all  my  ways, 

XV     I  kept  my  tongue  in  awe  ; 
I  curb'd  my  hafty  words  when  I 
the  profp'rous  wicked  faw. 

2.  Like  one  that's  dumb,  I  filent  flood, 
and  did  my  tongne  refrain 

From  good  difcourfe  ;  but  that  reftraint 
increas'd  my  inward  pain. 

3.  My  heart  did  glow,  which  working  tho'ts 
did  hot  and  reftlefs  make  ; 

And  warm  reflections  fann'd  the  fire, 
till  thus  at  length  I  fpake  : 

4.  Lord,  let  me  know  my  term  of  days, 
how  foon  my  life  will  end  : 

The  numerous  train  of  ills  difclofe, 
which  this  frail  ftate  attend. 

5.  My  life,  thou  know'ft,  is  but  a  fpan  ; 
a  cypher  fums  my  years  ; 

And  ev'ry  man  in  beft  eflate, 
but  vanity  appears. 

6.  Man,  like  a  fhadow,  vainly  walks, 
with  fruitfefs  care  opprefs'd  : 

He  heaps  up  wealth,  but  cannot  tell 
by  whom  'twill  be  poffefs'd. 

7.  Why 


PS  A  L  M  xxxix,  xl.  yg 

7.  Why  then  fliould  I  on  worthlefs  toys, 

with  anxious  Care,  attend  ? 
On  thee  alone  my  ftedraft  hope 

mall  ever,  Lord  depend, 
8,9.  Forgive  my  fins  ;  nor  let   me  fcorn'd 

by  foolifh  iinners  be  ; 
for  I 'was  dumb,  and  murmer'd  not, 

becaufe  'twas  done  by  thee. 

10.  The  dreadful  burden  of  thy  wrath 
in  mercy  foon  remove  ; 

Left  my  frail  flefh  too  weak  to  bear 
the  heavy  load  fhould  prove. 

1 1.  For  when  thou  chaft'neft  man  for  fin, 
thou  mak'ft  his  beauty  fade 

(So  vain  a  Thing  is  he  i)  like  cloth 
by  fretting  moths  decay' d. 

12.  Lord,  hear  my  cry,  accept  my  tears, 
and  Men  to  my  pray'r, 

Who  fojourn  like  a  itr anger  here, 
as  all  my  fathers  were. 

13.  O  1  fpare  me  yet  a  little  time, 
my  wailed  ftrength  reftore, 

Before  1  vanifh  quite  from  hence, 
and  mail  be  feen  no  more. 

P  S  A  L  M    XL. 

I  Waited  meekly  for  the  lord, 
Till  he  vouchfaf'd  a  kind  reply  ; 
Who  did  his  gracious  ear  afford, 
And  heard  from  heav'n  my  humble  cry. 

2.  He 


So  P  S  A  L  M     xL 

2.  He  took  me  from  the  difmal  pit, 
When  founder' d  deep  in  miry  clay  ; 
On  ftflid  ground  he  plac'd  my  feet, 
Andfuffer'd  not  my  fteps  to  ftray. 

3.  The  wonders  he  for  me  lias  wrought, 
Shall  fill  my  mouth  with  fongs  of  praife  j 
And  others,  to  his  worfhip  brought, 

To  hopes  of  like  deliverance  raife. 

4.  For  Ceilings  mail  that  man  reward, 
Who  on  th5  almighty  Lord  relies  ; 
Who  treats  the  proud  with  cliiregard. 
And  hates  the  hypocrite's  difguife. 

5.  Who  can  the  wond'rous  works  recount, 
Which  thou,  O  God,  for  us  haft  Wrought  i 
The  treafures  of  thy  love  furmount 

The  pow'r  of  numbers,  fpeeeh,  and  thought. 

6.  I've  learnt,  that  thou  haft  not  defir'd 
Off' rings  and  facrifice  alone  ; 

Nor  blood  of  guiitlefs  beafts  requir'd, 
Jot  man's  tranfgreflion  to  atone. 

7.  I  therefore  come -come  to  fulfil 

The  oracles  thy  Book  impart : 

8.  'Tis  my  delight  to  do  thy  will ; 
Thy  law  is  written  in  my  heart. 

PART    II. 

9.  In  full  affemblies  I  have  told 

Thy  truth  and  righteoufnefs  at  large  ; 
Nor  did,  thou  know'ft,  my  lips  with -hold 
From  uttering  what  thou  gar*  ft  in  charge  : 

10.  Nor 


PSALM  xl.  8x 

i  o.  Nor  kept  within  ray  breaft  confin'd 
Thy  faithfulnefs,  and  faving  grace  ; 
But  preach' d  thy  love,  for  all  defign'd, 
That  all  might  that,  and  truth,  embrace^ 

ii.  Then  let  thofe  mercies  I  declar'd 
To  others,  Lord,  extend  to  me  : 
Thy  loving  kindnefs  my  reward, 
Thy  truth  my  fafe  protection  be. 

12.  For  I  with  troubles  am  diftrefs'd, 
Too  vail  and  numberlefs  to  bear  ; 
Nor  lefs  with  loads  of  guilt  opprefs'd, 
That  plunge  and  fink  me  to  defpair. 

As  foon,  alas  !  I  may  recount 
The  hairs  on  this  airlifted  head  % 
My  vanquihVd  courage  they  furmount, 
And  fill  my  drooping  foul  with  dread. 
PART  III. 

1 3.  But,  Lord,  to  my  relief  draw  near  5 
For  never  was  more  prefling  need  ; 

In  my  deliv'rance,  Lord,  appear, 
And  add  to  that  deliv'rance  fpeed. 

14.  Confufion  on  their  heads  return, 
Who  to  deftroy  my  foul  combine ; 
Let  them,  defeated,  bluffi  and  mourn,* 
Enfhar'd  in  their  own  vile  defign. 

15.  Their  doom  let  defolation  be, 
With  fliame  their  malice  be  repaid, 
Who  mock'd  my  confidence  in  thee, 
And  fport  of  my  affliction  made  : 

D  5  16.  White 


82        PSALM    xl,    xIL 

1 6.  While  thofe  who  humbly  feek  thy  face, 
To  joyful  triumphs  fhall  be  rais'd  ; 

And  all  who  prize  thy  faving  grace, 
With  me  refound,  the  Lord  be  prais'd. 

17.  Thus  wretched  tho'  I  am,  and  poor, 
Of  me  th'  almighty  Lord  takes  care  : 
Thou,  God,  who  only  canft  reftore, 

To  my  relief  with  lpeed  rapair. 

PSA  L  M    XLI. 
iTTAPPY  the  man,  whofe  tender  care 

["1     relives  the  poor  diitrefs'd  ! 
When  he's  by  troubles  cornpafs'd  round, 

the  Lord  mall  give  him  reft. 

2.  The  lord  his  life,  with  bleilings  crown' d, 
in  fafety  Ihall  prolong  ; 

And  difappoint  the  will  of  thofe 
that  feek  to  do  him  wrong . 

3.  If  he  in  languishing  eftate, 
opprefs'd  with  ficknefs,  lie  : 

The  Lord  will  eafy  make  his  bed, 
and  inward  ftrength  fupply. 

4.  Secure  of  this,  to  thee,  my  God, 
I  thus  my  pray'r  addrefs'd  : 

"  Lord,  for  thy  mercy,  heal  my  foul, 
"  tho'  I  have  much  tranfgrefsM." 

5.  My  cruel  foes  with  fland'ring  words, 
attempt  to  wound  my  fame  : 

«  When  fhall  he  die  (fay  they),  and  men 
"  fgrget  his  very  name  ?" 

6.  Suppoft 


PSALM    xli.  83 

6.  Suppofe  they  formal  viiits  make^ 

'tis  all  but  empty  fhow : 
They  gather  mifchief  in  their  hearts, 

and  vent  it  where  they  go. 

7,8.  With  private  whifpers,  fuch  as  thefe, 

to  hurt  me  they  devife  : 
"  A  fore  difeafe  afHicts  him  now  y 
"  he's  fall'n,  no  more  to  rife." 

9.  My  own  familiar  bofom-friend, 

on  whom  I  moft  rely'd, 
Has  me,  whofe  daily  guefl  he  was, 
with  open  fcorn  defy'd. 

10.  But  thou  my  fad  and  wretched  ftate3 
in  mercy,  Lord,  regard 

And  raife  me  up,  that  all  their  crimes 
may  meet  their  juft  reward. 

1 1 .  By  this  I  know,  thy  gracious  ear 
is  open  when  I  call ; 

Becaufe  thou  fufFer'ft  not  my  foes 
to  triumph  in  my  fall. 

i  2.  ■  Thy  tender  care  fecures  my  life 

from  danger  and  difgrace  : 
And  thou  vouchfaPft  to  fet  me  ftijl 

before  thy  glorious  face. 
13.  Let  therefore  Ifrael's  Lord  and  God 

from  age  to  age  be  bleft ; 
And  all  the  people's  glad  applaufe 
.with  loud  amens  exprefs*d. 


84  PSALM  xlii. 

PSALM  XLII. 
i    A   S  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  ftreams, 
£\_     wnen  heated  in  the  chace  ; 
Sd  longs  my  foul,  O  God,  for  thee, 
and  thy  refrefhing  grace. 

2,  For  thee,  my  God,  the  Irving  God, 

my  thirfly  foul  doth  pine  : 
O  1  when  fhall  I  behold  thy  face, 
Thou  majefty  divine  ? 

3.  Tears  are  my  conftant  food,  while  thus 

infultiug  foes  upbraid  : 
K  Deluded  wretch  !  where's  now  thy  God  ? 

"  and  where  his  promis'd  aid  ?  " 
a.  I  fia:h  whene'er  mv  milling:  thoughts 

thofe  happy  days  prefent, 
When  I,  with  troops  of  pious  friends, 
thy  temple  did  frequent  ; 

When  I  advanc'd  with  fongs  of  praife, 

my  folemn  vows  to  pay  ; 
And  led  the  joyful  facred  throng, 

that  kept  the  feftal  day. 
5.  Why  reltlefs,  why  caft  down,  my  foul  ? 

Truft  God  ;  and  he'll  employ 
His  aid  for  thee,  and  change  thefe  iighs 

to  thankful  hymns  of  joy. 

5.  My  foul's  caft  dowmO  God  ;  but  thinks 

on  thee,  and  Sion,  {till ; 
From  Jordan's  bank  from  Hermon's  heights 

and  MiiTar  s  humbler  hill.  7.  One 


PSALM  xlii,  xliii.  85 

7.  One  trouble  calls  another  on  ; 
and,  burfting  o'er  my  head, 

Fall  fpouting  down,  till  round  my  foul, 
a  roaring  fea  is  fpread. 

8.  But  when  thy  prefence,  Lord  of  life^ 
has  once  dhpelPd  this  ftorm, 

To  thee  Til  midnight  anthems  fmg, 
and  all  my  vows  perform. 

9.  God  of  my  ftrength,  how  long  mall  Iy 
like  one  forgotten  mourn, 

Forlorn,  forfaken,  andrexpos'd 
to  my  oppreiTors  fcorn  ? 

10.  My  heart  is  pierc'd,  as  with  a  fword? 
whilft  thus  my  foes  upbraid  ; 

"  Vain  boafter,  where  is  now  thy  God  ? 

"and  where  his  promised  aid  ?  " 
12.  Why  reftlefs,  why  call  down,  my  foul  ? 

Hope  ftill  ;  and  thou  malt  fing 
The  praife  of  him  who  is  thy  God, 

they  health's  eternal  fpring. 

P  S   A  L  M     XLIII. 
1 TUST  Judge  of  heav  n  againft  my  foes 
J    Do  thou  aifert  my  injur'd  right : 
O  !  fet  me  free,  my  God,  from  thofe 
That  in  deceit  and  wrong  delight. 
2.  Since  thou  art  ftill  my  only  flay, 
Why  leav'ft  thou  me  in  deep  diftrefs  ? 
Why  go  1  mourning  all  the  day, 
Whilft  me  infulting  foes  opprefs  r 

3.  Let 


§6         PSALM         xliii,     xliv. 

3.  Let  me  with  light  and  truth  be  bleft  > 
Be  thefe  my  guide  and  lead  the  way, 
Till  on  thy  holy  hill  I  reft, 

And  in  thy  facred  temple  pray. 

4.  Then  will  I  there  frefh  alters  raife 
To  God,  who  is  my  only  Joy  ; 

And  well-tun'd  harps,  with  longs  of  praife, 
Shall  all  my  grateful  hours  employ. 

5.  Why  then  caftdown,  my  foul  ?  and  why  | 
So  much   oppreis'd  with  anxious  care  I 

On  God,  thy  God,  for  aid  rely  ; 
Who  will  thy  ruin'd  ftate  pepair. 

P  S  A  L  M    XLIV. 
1  /^\  Lord,  our  fathers  oft  have  told, 
\J     in  our  attentive  ears, 
Thy  wonders  in  their  days  perform'd, 
and  elder  times  than  theirs  : 

2.  How  thou,  to  plant  them  here,  didft  drive 
the  heathen  from  this  land, 

Difpeopled  by  repeated  ftrokes 
of  thy  avenging  hand. 

3.  For  not  their  courage,  nor  their  fword, 
to  them  pofTemon  gave  ; 

Nor  ftrength,  that,  from  unequal  force, 
their  fainting  troops  could  lave  ; 

But  thy  right-hand,  and  powerful  arm, 
whofe  Succour  they  impior'd  ; 

Thy  prefenee  with  the  choien  race, 
who  thy  great  name  ador'd. 

4.  A15 


PSALM    xliv.'  87 

4.  As  thee  their  God  our  fathers  own'd  5 

Thou  art  our  Sov'i  eign  king ; 

0  I  therefore,  as  thou  did' ft  to  them, 

to  us  deiiv'rance  bring ! 

5.  Thro'  thy  victorious  name,  our  arms 

the  proudeft  foes  lhall  quell  ; 
And  crufh  them  with  repeated  ftrokes, 
as  oft  as  they  rebel. 

6.  I'll  neither  truft  my  bow,  nor  fword, 

when  I  in  fight  engage  ; 

7.  But  thee,  who  haft  our  foes  fubdu'd, 

and  fham'd  their  fpiteful  rage. 

8.  To  thee  the  triumph  we  afcribe, 

from  whom  the  conqueft  came  : 
In  God  we  will  rejoice  all  day, 
and  ever  blefs  his  name. 
R  A  RT1L 

9.  But  thou  haft  caft  us  off ;  and  now 

moft  fhamefully  we  yield  ; 
For  thou  no  more  vouchfaf  *ft  to  lead 
Our  armies  to  the  field. 

1  o.  Since  when,  to  ev'ry  upftart  foe 

we  turn  our  backs  in  fight  ; 
And  with  our  fpoil  their  malice  feaft, 
who  bear  us  antient  fpite. 

1 1.  To  flaughter  doom'd,  we  fall  like  fheep, 
into  their  butch'ring  hands  ; 

Or  (what's  more  wretched  yet)  furvive, 
difpers'd  thro'  heathen  lands. 

12.  Thy 


88  PSALM     xliv. 

1 2.  Thy  people  thou  hall  fold  for  flaves  ; 
and  let  their  price  folow, 

That  not  thy  treafure,  by  the  fale, 
but  their  difgrace,  may  grow  ; 

13,  14.  Reproach  by  all  the  nations  rounds 
the  heathens  bye- word  grown  ; 

Whofe  fcorn  of  us  is  both  in  fpeech, 
and  mocking  geftures,  fhown. 

15.  Confuiion  llrikes  me  blind  \  my  face 
in  confcious  ihame  I  hide  ; 

16.  While  we  are    fcofPd,  and  God  blaf- 
by  their  licentious  pride.  [phem'd, 

PART    III. 

17.  On  us  this  heap  of  woes  is  falTn  j 
all  this  we  have  endur'd  ; 

Yet  have  not,  Lord,  renounc'd  thy  name, 
or  faith  to  thee  abjur'd  : 

18.  But  in  thy  righteous  paths  have  kept 
our  hearts  and  iteps  with  care  ; 

19.  Tho'  thou  haft  broken  all  our  ftren^th, 
and  we  almoft  defpair. 

20.  Could  we,  forgetting  thy  great  name, 
on  other  gods  rely, 

21.  And  not  the  fearcher  of  all  hearts 
the  treach'rous  crime  defcry  ? 

22.  Thou  feeft  what  fun°  rings  for  thy  fake 
we  ev'ry  day  fuftain  ; 

All  flaughter'd,  or   referv'd  like  fheep 
appointed  to  be  flain. 

23.  Awake, 


PSALM     xliv,  xlv.  89 

23 .  Awake,  arife  ;  let  feeming  fleep 
no  longer  thee   detain  ; 

Nor  let  us,  Lord,  who  fue  to  thee, 
forever  fue  in  vain, 

24.  O  !  wherefore  hideft  thr/a  thy  face 
from  our  afflicted  ftate, 

25.  Whole  fouls  and  bodies  iisik  to  earth 
with  grief's  oppreiKve  weight  i 

■26.   Arife,  O  Lord,  a§d  timely  hafle 

to  our  deliverance  make  : 
Redeem  us,  Lord,  if  not  for  ours, 

yet  for  thy  mercies  fake. 

PSALM    XLV. 
iTT TTT-HILE  I  the  King's  loud  praife  re- 

YY      indited  by  my  heart,         [hearfe, 
My  tongue  is  iike  the  pen  of  him 

that  writes  with  ready  art, 

2.  How  matchiefs  is  thy  form,  O  king  I 
thy  mourii  with  Grace  o'ernows  : 

Becaufe  frefh  hleflings  God  on  thee 
eternally  beitows, 

3.  Gird  on  thy  fword,  moft  mighty  prince  ; 
and,  clad  in  rich  array, 

With  glorious  ornaments  of  pcw?r, 
majeftic  pomp  difplay. 

4.  Ride  on  in  ftate,  and  frill  protect 
the  meek,  the  jolt,  and  true  ; 

Whilft  thy  right-hand  with  iwift  revenge 
does  all  thy  foes  purfue* 

5.  "How 


9o  P  S  A  L  M     xlv. 

5.  How  fiiarp  thy  weapons  are  to  them 
that  dare  thy  pow'r  oppoie  ! 

Down,downthey  fall,while  thro'  their  heart 
the  f  eather'd  arrow  goes. 

6.  But  thy  firm  throne,"  O  God,  is  fix'd 
for  ever  to  endure  ; 

Thy  fceptre's  f  way  mall  always  lait, 
by  righteous  laws  fecure. 

7.  Becaufe  thy  heart,  by  juftice  led, 
did  upright  ways  approve, 

And  hated  fiffi  the  crooked  paths, 
where  wand' ring  fimiers  rove  ; 

Therefore  did  God,  thy  God,  on  thee 
the  oil  of  gladnefs  med  ; 

And  has,  above  thy  fellows  round, 
advane'd  thy  lofty  head. 

8.  With  eafiia,  aloes,  and   myrrh, 
thy  royal  robes  abound  ; 

Which,  from  the  Irately  wardrobe  brought; 
fpread  grateful  odours  round  ; 

9.  Among  the  honourable  train 
did  princely  virgins  wait ; 

The -Queen  was  plac'd  at  thy  right-hand, 

in  golden  robes  of  ftate. 
P  A  R  T    II. 
10.  But  thou,  O  royal  bride,  give  ear, 

arid  to  my  words  attend  : 
Forget  thy  native  country  now, 

and  ev'ry  former  friend. 

II.  S< 


PSALM    xlv. 


91 


11,  So  fhall  thy  beauty  charm  the  king, 
nor  fhall  his  Love  decay  :'*" 

For  he  is  now  become  thy  Lord  ; 
to  him  due  rev'rence  pay. 

12.  The  tyrian  matrons,  rich  and  proud, 
fhall  humble  prefents  make  ; 

And  all  the  wealthy  nations  fue, 
thy  favour  to  partake.   - 

13  The  king's  fair  daughter's  beauteous  foul 

all  inward  Graces  fill  ; 
Her  raiment  is  of  purefl  Gold, 

adorn' d  with  coftly  Skill. 

14.  She  in  her  nuptial  garments  drefs'd, 
with  needles  richly  wrought, 

Attended  by  her  Virgin  train, 
fhall  to  the  king  be  brought. 

15.  With  all  the  ftate  of  folemn  joy, 
the  triumph  moves  along  ; 

Till,  with  wide  gates,  the  royal  court 
receives  the  pompous  throng. 

16.  Thou,  in  thy  royal  father's  room, 
mufl  princely  fans  expect  : 

Whom  thou  to  difPrent  realms  may'fl  fend, 
to  govern  and  protect  : 

17.  Whilftthis  my  fongto  future  times 
tranfmits  thy  glorious  Name  ; 

And  makes  the  world  with  one  confent 
thy  lafting  Praife  proclaim. 

P  SALM 


92  P  S  A  L  M     xlvi. 

P  S  A  L  M    XLVL 
i  ^T^l  OD  is  our  refuge  in  diftrefs  ; 

VJT  A  preient  help,  when  dangers    prefi  : 
In  him5  undaunted,  we'll  confide  : 
i,  3.   Tho'  earth  were  from  her  centre  tofs'd 
And  mountains  in  the  ocean  loft, 

Torn  piece-meal  by  the  roaring  tide. 

4.  A  gentler  fire  am  with  gladnefs  ftiil 
The  city  of  our  Lord  mall  fill, 

The  royal  feat  of  God  mod  high  ; 

5.  God  dwells  in  Sion,  whofe  fair  tow'rs 
Shall  mock  th*   affaults  of    earthly  pow'rs, 

While  his  almighty  aid  is  nigh. 

6.  In  tumults  when  the  heathen  rag'd, 
And  kingdoms  war  againft  us  wag'd, 

He  thunder'd,  and  diipers'd  their  pow'rs. 

7.  The  Lord  of  hoft  conduces  our  arms, 
Our  tow'r  of  refuge  in  alarms, 

Our  fathers  guardian  God,  and  ours. 

8.  Come  fee  the  wonders  he  has  wrought, 
On  earth  what  defecation  brought  ; 

9.  How  he  has  cahrfd  the  jarring  world  : 
He  broke  the  warlike  fpear  and  bow  ; 
With    them  their  fchuncTring  chariots  too 

Into  devouring:  flames  were  hurTd. 

to.  Submit  to  God's  almighty  fway  ; 
For  him  the  heathen  {hall  obey, 

And  earth  her  fov'reign  Lord  confefs  : 

1 1 .  The 


PSALM     xlvi,  xlvii,  xlviii.         93 

1 1 .  The  G  od  of  hofts  conduces  our  Arms, 
Our  tow'r  of  refuge  in   alarms, 
As  to  our  Fathers  in  Diitrefs. 
PSALM  XLVII. 
i,/r~\AIl  ye  people,   clap  your  hands, 
'i\J   And  with  triumphant  Voices  iing  : 
No  Force  the  mighty  pow'r  withfiands 
Of   God,   the  univerfal  King. 
3.  4.  He  mall  oppofing  nations  quell, 
And  with  fuccefs  our  battles  fight  ; 
Shall  fix  the  place- where  we  muft   dwell, 
The  pride  of  Jacob,  his   Delight. 

5,  6.  God  is  gone  up,  our  Lord  and  King, 
With  fhouts  of  joy,  and  trumpets  io und  y 
To  him  repeated  praifes  ling5 
And  let  the  chearful  fang  go  round. 
7,  8.  Your  utmoft  Ikill  in  praife  be  mown, 
For  him,  who  all  the  world  commands  > 
Who  fits  upon  his  righteous  throne, 
And  fpreads  his  fway  o'er  heathen  lands. 

9.  Our  chiefs, and  tribes. that  far  from  hence 
T'  adore  the  God  of '  Abr 'am  came  ; 
Found  Him  their  conftant  fure  Defence, 
How  great  and  glorious  is  his  Name  1 

P  S  A  L  M    XLVIII. 
iT^HE  Lord,  the  only  God,  is  great, 

JL       and  greatly   to  be  prais'd 
In  Sion,  on  whofe  happy  Mount 

his  facred  throne  is  rais'd. 

2.  Her 


94  PSAL  M     xlviii. 

i.  Her  tow'rs,  the  Joy  of  all  the  earth, 

with  beauteous  profpecl:  rife  ; 
On  her  north-fide  th'  almighty  king's 

imperial  city  lies. 

3.  God  in  her  palaces  is  known  : 
his  pretence  is  her  guard  : 

4.  Confed'rate  kings  withdrew  their   fiege, 
and  of  fuccefs  defpair'd. 

5*  They  view'd  her  walls,  admir'd,and  fled, 
with  grief  and  terror  ftruck  ; 

6.  Like  women  whom  the  fudden  pangs 
of  travail  had  o'ertook. 

7.  No  wretched  crew  of  mariners 
appear  like  them  forlorn, 

When  fleets  from  tarfhihV  wealthy  coafts 
by  eaflern  winds  are  torn. 

8.  In  Sion  we  have  feen  perform'd 
a  work  that  was  foretold, 

In  pledge  that  God,  vor  time  s  to  come, 
his  city  will  uphold. 

9*  Nor  in  our  fortreffes  and  walls 

did  we,  O  God,  confide  ; 
But  on  the  temple  fix'd  our  hopes, 

in  which  thou  doft  refide. 
10.  According  to  thy  fov'reign  name,   , 

thy  praife  thro'  earth  extends  ; 
Thy  powr'ful  arm,  as  juftice  guides, 

chaftifes,  or  defends. 

ii.  Let 


PSALM  xlviii,  xlix,  95 

1 1 ,  Let  Sion's  mount  with  joy  refound, 

her  Daughters  all  be  taught, 
In  fougs  his  judgments  to  extol, 

who  this  deli  v '-ranee  wrought. 
1.2.  Compafs  her  walls  with  folemn   pomp  ; 

your  eyes  quite  round  her  call  ; 
Count  all  her  Tow'rs,  and  fee  if  there 

you  find  one  Stone  difplac'd. 

13.  Her  forts  and  palaces  furvey  ; 
obferve  their  Order  well ; 

That,  with  affurance,  to  your  heirs 
this  Wonder  you  may  tell. 

14.  This  God  is  ours,  and  will  be  ourss 
whilft  we  in  him  confide  ; 

Who,  as  he  has  preferv'd  us  now, 

till  death  will  bo  our  ruide. 
PSALM  XLIX. 
i|     ET  all  the  lift'ning  World  attend, 

ft   j     and  my  Initxuctions  hear  : 
Let  high  and  low,  and  rich  and  poor, 

with  joint  Confent  give  ear  : 
2.  My  mouth,  with  1  acred   Wifdom  fill'd, 

mall  good  advice  impart  ^ 
The  found  refult  of  prudent  thoughts, 

digefted  in  my  heart. 

$.  To  parables  of  weighty  fenfe 

I  will  my  ear  incline  ; 
While  to  my  tuneful  harp  I  ling, 

dark  Words  of  deep  Defign. 

5.  Why 


96  P  S  A  L  M     xlix. 

5.  Why  mould  my  courage  fail  in  times 

of  danger  and  of  doubt  ; 
When  finners,  that  would  me  fuppiant, 
have  compafs'd  me  about  ? 

6.  Thofe  men,  that  all  their  hope  and  truft 

in  heaps  of  treafure  place  ; 
Andboafting,  triumph,  when  they  fee 
their  ill-got  wealth  increafe  ; 

7.  Are  yet  unable  from  the  grave 

their  dear  eft  friend  to  free  ; 
Nor  can,  by  force  of  coftly  bribes, 
reverfe  God's  firm  decree. 

8.  9..  Their  vain  endeavours  they  muft  quit; 

the  price  is  held  too  high  : 
No  fums  can  purchafe  fuch  a  grant, 
that  man  mould  never  die. 

10.  Not  wifdom  can  the  wife  exempt, 
nor  fools  their  folly  fave  ; 

But  both  muft  periili,  and,  in  death, 
their  wealth  to  others  leave. 

1 1 .  For  tho'  they  think  their  ftately  {eats 
mall  ne'er  to  ruin  fall  ; 

But  their  remembrance  laft  in  lands 
which  by  their  names  they  call ; 

12.  Yet  fhall  their  fame  be  foon  forgot, 
how  great  foe'er   their   State  : 

With  beafts  their  memory,    and   they, 
Avail  fhare    one  common  Fate. 

PART, 


P  S  A  L  M     xlix.  # 

PART      If. 

13.  How  great  their  Folly  is,  wh$  thiis 
abmrd  Concl  11  lions  make  ! 

And  yet  their  Children,  unreclaim'd, 
repeat  the  grois  miftake. 

14.  They  all,  like  fheep  to  {laughter  led, 
the  prey  of  death  are  made  ; 

Their  beauty,  while  the  Juft  rejoice, 
within  the  grave  {hall  fade. 

1 5.  But  God  will  yet  redeem  my  foul  > 
and  from  the  greedy  grave 

His  greater  pow'r  mail  let  me  free, 
and  to  himlelf  receive. 

16.  Then  fear  not  thou,  when  worldly  men 
in  envy'd  wealth  abound  ; 

Nor  tho'  their  profp'rous  houfe  increafe, 
with  ftate  and  honour  crown'd. 

17.  For,  when  they're  fummon'd  hence  by 
they  leave  all  this  behind  ;  [death  ; 

Ho  ihadow  of  their  former  pomp 

within  the  grave  they  find  : 
i  8.  And  yet  they  tho't  their  ftate  was  bleft, 

caught  in  the  fiatt'rer's  fnare  ; 
Who  praifes  thofe  that  flight  all  elfe, 

and  of  themfelves  take  care* 

19.  In  their  forefathers  fteps  they  tread  5 
and  when,  like  them,  they  die, 

Their  wretched  anceftors,  and  they, 
in  endlefs  darknefs  lie. 

E  to.  For 


98  P  S  A  L  M     xiix,  L 

20.  tor  man,  how  great  foe'cr  his  irate  ; 

unlefs  he's  truly  wile,  . 
As  like  a  fenfual  beait  lie  lives, 

fo,  like  a  heart,  he  dies. 
P  S  A  L  M  L. 

1  rj^HE  Lord  hath  fpoke,  the  mighty  God 

2  Hath  fent  his  fummons  all  abroad, 
From  dawning  light,  till  day  declines  : 

The  lift'ning  earth  his  voice  hath  heard, 
And  he  from  Sion  hath  appear'd, 
Where  beauty  in  perfection  Urines. 

4,  Our  God  mall  come,  and  keep  no  more 
Mifconftru'd  Silence,  as  before  ; 

But  wafting  flames  before  him  fend  : 
Around  fhall  tempefts  fiercely  rage, 
While  he  does  heav'n  and  earth  engage 

His  juft  tribunal  to  attend, 
r    6.  Affemble  all  my  Saints  to  me, 
(Thus  runs  the  great  divine  decree  ), 

That  in  my  lafting  covenant  live  ; 
And  Off'iings  bring  with  conftant  caret 
/The  heav'ns  his  juilice  {hall  declare  ; 
^  For  God  himfelf  fliali  fentence  give  > 

7.  Attend,  my  people  ;  Ifrael,  hear ; 
Thy   ftrong  accufer  I'll  appear  ; 

Thy  God,  thy  only  God,  am  I : 

8,  'Tis  not  of  Offerings  I  complain, 

Which,  daily  in  my  temple  flab, 

My  facred  altar  did  fuppiy- 

J  9.  Will 


PSALM    I.  99 

9.  Will  tins  alone  atonement  make  ? 
No  bullock  from  thy  flail  I'll  take, 

Nor  He-goat  from  thy  fold  accept  : 

10.  The  Foreft  Beads,  that  range  alone* 
The  cattle  too,    are  all  my   own, 

That  on  a  thoufand  hills  are  kept. 

1  1.  I  know  the  fowls,  that  build  their  nefU 
In  craggy  rocks  ;  and  favage  beafts, 
That  loGfely  haunt  the  open  fields  : 

1 2.  If  felz'd  with  hunger  I  could  be, 
I  need  not  feek  Relief  from  thee, 

Since  the  world's  mine,  and  all  it  yields* 

13.  Think' ft  thou,  that  I  have  any  need 
On  flaughter'd  bulls  and  Goats  to  fctd^ 

To  eat  their  nefli,  and  drink  their  blood  I 

14.  The  facrifices  I  require, 

Are  hearts  which  love  and  zeal  infpire, 
And  Vows  with  ftrideft  care  made  good, 

i£.  In  time  of  trouble  call  on  me, 
And  I  will  let  thee  fafe  and  free ; 

And  thou  returns  of  Praife  malt  make, 

1 6.  But  to  the  wicked  thus  faith  God  : 
How  dar'ft  thou  teach  my  Laws  abroad, 

Or  in  thy  mouth  my  cov'nant  take  ? 

1 7.  For  ftubborn  thou,  confirm'd  in  fin, 
Haft  proof  againft  inftrucfion  been, 

And  of  my  word  didft  lightly   fpeak  : 

18.  When  thou  a  fubtle  thief  didft  fee, 

F  2  Thou  rJ 


ioo        P    SAL  M  1,  M 

Thou  gladly  didft  with  him  agree, 
and  with  adulterers  didft  paitake. 

19.  Vile  flander  is  thy  chief  delight  ; 
Thy  tongue,  by  envy  mov'd,  and  ipitc, 

deceitful  tales  does  hourly  fprcad. 
to.  Thou  doft  with  hateful  fcandals  vountl 
Thy  brother,  and  with  lyes  confound 

the  offspring  of  thy  mother's  bed. 

1 1  .Thefe  things  didft  thou ,  whom  ftill  I  ftrove 
To  gain  with  filence,  and  with  love  ; 

Till  thou  didft  Wickedly  furmiie, 
That  I  was  fuch  a  one  as  thou  : 
But  Fll  reprove  and  fhame  thee  now, 

And  fet  thy  fins  before  thine  eyes. 

22.  Mark  this,  ye  wicked  fools,  left  I 
Let  all  my  bolts  of  vengeance  fry, 

While  none  {hall  dare  your  caufe  to  own. 

23.  Who  praifes  me,  due  honour  gives  ; 
And  to  the  man  that  juftly  lives, 

My  ftrong  falvation  mall  be  fhown. 

PSALM    LI, 
jTTAVE  Mercy,  Lord,  on  me, 
JTjL   &&  thou  Wert  ever  kind  : 
Let  me,  opprefs'd  with  loads  of  guilty 
thy  Wonted  mercy  find. 
2,3.  Warn  off'  my  foul  offence, 
and  clcanfe  me  from  my  (In 
For  I  confefs  my  crime,  and  fee 
how  great  my  guilt  has  been. 

4.  Againft 


F  S  A  L  M     li.  loi 

4 .  Againft  thee,  Lord,  alone, 
and  only  in  thy  fight, 

Have  I  tranfgrefsYi  ;  and  tho'  condemned* 
mull  own  thy  Judgments  right. 

5.  In  guilt  each  part  was  form'd 
of  all  this  iinful  frame  ; 

In  guilt  I  was  conceiy'd,  and  born 
the  heir  of  fin.  and  fhame. 

6.  Yet  thou,  whofe  fearching  eye 
does  inward  truth  require, 

In  fecret  did  ft  with  wifdom's  laws 
my  tender  foul  infpire. 

7.  With  hy flop  purge  me,  Lord  y 
and  fo  I  dean  fhall  be  : 

I  mall  with   fnow  in  whitenefs  vie, 
when  purify 'd  by  thee. " 

8.  Make  me  to  hear  with  joy 
thy  kind  forgiving  voice 

That  fo  the  bones  which   thou  hail  broken 
may  with  frefh  ftrength  rejoice. 

9.  jo.  Blot  out  my  crying  fins, 
nor  me  in  anger  view ; 

Create  in  me  a  heart  that's  clean,. 
an  upright  mind  renew. 

p  a  b,  r  11. 

1 1.  Withdraw  not  thou  ihy  help, 
nor  caft  me  from  thy  fight  \ 
Nor  let  thy  holy  fpirit  take 
i&s  everlafting  flight. 

1.2.   Thir 


m  PSA  L  M  B. 

12.  The  joy  thy  favour  gives, 
let  me  again  obtain  ; 

And  thy  free  fpirit's  firm  fupport 
my  fainting  foul  fuihiin. 

13.  Sol  thy  righteous  ways 
to  finners  will  impart ; 

Whilil  my  advice  fhall  wicked  men 

to  thy  j  ufl  laws  convert. 

i\i.  My  guilt  of  blood  remove, 

my  Saviour,  and  my  God  ; 
And  my   glad  tongue  {hall  loudly  tell 

thy  righteous  acts  abroad. 

15.   Do  thou  unlock  my  lips, 

with  ibrrow  clos'd,  and  fhame  : 
So  mail  my  mouth  thy  wond'rous  praifc 

to  all  the  world  proclaim. 
1 6.  Could  facrifke  atone, 

whole  flocks  and  herds  mould  die  $ 
But  on  fuch  ofP rings  thou  difdain'ft: 

to  call:  a  gracious  eye. 

17.  A  broken  fpirit  is 

by  God  moil  highly  priz'd  ; 
By  him  a  broken  contrite  heart 
^  fhall  never  he  defpis'd. 

18.  Let  Sion,  favour  find, 
of  thy  good -will  affur'd  ; 

And  thy  own  city  flourifh  long, 
by  lofty  walk  fecur'd. 

19.  The 


PSAL  M  1L     lit 


jq3 


1 9  The  Jnft  fliall  then  attend^ 
and  pleanng  tribute  pay  ; 
And  facrifice  of  choiceft  kind 
upon  thy  altar  lay. 

PSALM  LIT. 
N  vain,    O  man  of  lawlefs  might, 
thouboaft'fl  thyfelfinlll; 
Since  God,  the  God  in  whom  I  truft, 

vouchfafes  his  favour  flill. 
2.  Thy  wicked  tongue  does  ilaiuTrous  tales 

malicioufly  devife  ; 
And  iharper  than  a  razor  fet, 
it  wounds  with  treach'rous  lyes. 

3,4.Thy  thoughts  are  more  on  IlLthan  good 
on  lyes,  than  truth,  employ'd  ; 

Thy  tongue  delights  in  words,  by  which 
the  guiitlefs  are  deflroy'd. 

5.  God  ihall   for  ever  blafl  thy  hopes,     r 
and  fnatch  thee  foon  away  ;  -  * 

Nor  in  thy  dwelling-place  permit, 
nor  in  the  world,  to  flay. 

6.  The  juft,  with  pious  fear,  lhali  fee 
the  downfai  of  thy  pride  ; 

And  at  thy  hidden  ruin  laugh, 
and  thus  thy  fall  deride  :  _ 

7.  t;  See  there  the  man  that  haughty  was, 
£  c  who  proudl  y  G od  de  f  y '  d, 

w  Who  trufted  in  his  wealth,  and  ilill    ' 
"  on  wicked  arts  rely'd." 

8,  But 


jo4  P  S  A  L  M     Hi,    liii. 

8.  But  I  am  like  thofe  olive-plants 
that  made  God's  temple  round  ; 

And  hope  with  his  indulgent  grace 
to  be  for  ever  crown'd. 

9.  So  mall  my  foul  with  praife,  O  God, 
extol  thy  wondrous  love  ; 

And  on  thy  name  with  patience  wait  ; 
for  this   thy  faints  approve. 

P  S  A  L  M    UH. 

r'r  I  THE  wicked  fools  muft  fure  fuppofe, 

that  God  is  but  a  name  : 
This  grofs  miftake  their  practice  mows, 
iince  virtue  all  dnclafrn. 

2.  The  Lord  lookJd  downfrom  heav'n'shigh 
the  fons  of  men  to  view,  [Tow'r, 

To  fee  if  any  own'd  his  pow'r, 
or  truth  or  jultice  knew. 

3.  But  all,  he  few,  were  backward  gone, 
degen'rate  grown  dnd  bafe  ; 

None  for  religion  car'd,  not  one 
of  all  the  iinful  race. 

4.  But  are  thofe  workers  of  deceit 
fo  dull  and  fenfelefs  grown, 

That  they  like  bread  my  people  eat, 
and  God's  juft  pow'r  difown  ? 

5.  Their  caufelefs  fears  {hall  ftrangely  grow  ; 
and  they,  defpis'd  of  God, 

Shall  foon  be  foil'd  :  his  hand  mall  throw 
their  fhatter'd  bones  abroad. 

6.  Would 


P  S  A  L  M  liii,..  liv  ly.  io5; 

6.  Would  he  his  faving  pow'r  employ,. 

to  break  our  fervile  band, 
Loud  fhouts  of  univerfal  joy 

fhould  eccho  thro*  the  land. 

PSALM    LIV. 
i  ,T    ORD,  fave  me,  for  thy  glorious  name 

2.  |  j.     and  in  thy  ftrength  appear, 
To  judge  my  caufe  ;  accept  <my  pray'r, 

and  to  my  words  give  ear. 

3.  Mere  ftrangers,  whom  I  never  wrong'd;, 
to  ruin  me  delign'd  ; 

And  cruel  men,  that  fear  no  God, 
againft  my  foul  combined. 

4.  5.  ButGodtakespart  with  all  myfriends  | 
and  he's  the  fur  eft  guard  : 

The  God  of  truth  fhajl  give  my  foes 

their  falfhood's  juft  reward  ; 
6.  While  I  my  grateful  oft'rings  brings 

and  facrifice  with  joy  ; 
And  in  his  praife  my  time  to  come 

delightfully  employ. 

y.  From  dreadful  danger  and  diftrefs 

the  Lord  hath  let  me  free  1 
Thro'  him  fhall  I,  of  all  my  foes, 

the  jufc  deftruction  fee. 

P  S  A  L  M    LV. 

ii^*  *v^ ear'  t^iou  jud§e  °^ a^  ^c  ear&> 

\JT     and  lift  en,  when  I  pray  ; 
Nor  from  thy  humble  iuppliant  turn 
thy  glorious  face  away.  2,  Attend 


I06  PSAL  M      hr. 

2*  Attend  to  this  my  fad  complaint, 

and  hear  my  grievous  moans  ; 
Whilft  I  my  mournful  cafe  declare 
with  artlefs  fighs  and  groans. 

3.  Hark,  how  the  foe  infults  alqud  ! 
how  fierce  opprefTors  rage  ! 

Whofe  fland'rous  tongues  with  wrathful  hate 
againfl  my  fame  engage, 

4,  5.  My  heart  is  rack'd  with  pain,  my  foul 
:  with  deadly  frights  diftrefs'd  ; 

With  fear  and  trembling  compals'd  round, 

with  horror  quite  opprefs'd. 
6.  How  often  wifli'd  I  then,    that  I 

The  dove's  fwift  wings  could  get  5 
That  1  might  take  my  fpeedy  flight, 

and  feek   a  fafe  retreat  ! 
-    8.  Then  would  I  wander  far  from  hence  ; 

'  and  in  wild  defarts  ftray, 
Till  all  this  furious   ftorm  were  fpent, 
this  tempeft'  pail  away. 
PART    II. 
9.  Deftroy,  O  Lord,  their  ill  defigns, 

their  counfels  foon  divide  ; 
-For  through  the  city  my  griev'd  eyes 

have  ftrife  and   rapine  fpy'd. 
10  By  day  -and  night,  on  ev'ry   wall 

they  walk  their  conftant  round  ;     ^ 
And,  in   the  midft  of  all  her  xlrengtn, 
are  Grief  and  mifehicf  found. 

°  11.  Whoe'er 


P  S  A  L  M    iff  107 

1 1 .  Whoe'er  thro'  ev'ry  part  mall  roam, 
will  frefh  diforders  meet  ; 

Deceit  and  guile  their  conftant  polls 
maintain  in  ev'ry  lireet. 

12.  For  'twas  not  any  open  foe, 
that  faife  reflections  made  -f 

For  then  I  could  with  eafe  have  borne 
the  bitter  things  he  faid  : 

'Twas  none  who  hatred  had  profefs'd? 

that  did  againft  me  rife ; 
For  then  i  had  withdrawn  myfelf 

from  his  malicious  eyes. 

13.  14.  But  'twas  ev'n  thou,  my  guide,  my 
whom  tend'refl  love  did  join  ;      [friend, 

Whofe  fweet  advice  I  valu'd  moll, 
whole  pray'rs  were  mix'd  with  mine. 

15.  Sure,  vengeance  equal  to  their  crimes 
fuch  traitors  mull  furprife, 

And  fudden  death  requite  thofe  ills 
they  wickedly  devife. 

16,  17.  But  I  will  call  on  God,  who  Hill 
fhall  in  my  aid  appear  : 

At  morn,  and  noon,  and  night  i'U  pray, 
and  he  my  voice  fhall  hear, 
PART   III, 
18.  God  has  releas'd  my  foul  from  thofe 

that  did  with  me  contend  ; 
And  made  a  num'rous  holt  of  friends 
my  righteous  caufe  defend* 

1 9.  For 


x°8         PSALM  Iv,  Ivi. 

19*  For  he,  who  was  my  help  of  old5 

mail  now  his  fuppliant  hear  ; 
And  punifh  thofc,  whofe  profp'rous  ftate 

makes  them  no  God  to  fear. 

'io.  Whom  can  I  truft,  if  faithlefs  men 

perfldioufly  devile 
To  ruin  me,  their  peaceful  friend,. 

and  break  the  ftrongeft  ties  ? 
21,  Tho'  foft  and  melting  are  their  word's, 

their  hearts  with  war  abound  : 
Their  fpeeches  are  more  fmooth  than  oii, 

and  yet  like  fwords  they  wound. 

a  2.  Do.  thou,  my  foul,  on  God  depend, 

and  he  fhall  thee  fuftain,  : 
He  aids  the  juii,  whom  to  fupplanf 

the  wicked  drive  in  vain. 
23.  My  foes,  that  trade  in  lyes  and  blood, 

fhall  all  untimely  die  ; 
Whilft  I,  for  health,  and  length  of  days, 
on  thee,  my  God,  rely. 

P  S  A  L  M  LVI. 
O  Thou,  O  God,  in  mercy  help  ; 
for  man  my  life  perfues  : 
To  crulh  me  with  repeated  wrongs, 

he  daily  ftrife  renews. 
2.  Continually  my  fpiteful  foes 

to  ruin  me  combine  : 
Thou  feeft,  who  fitt'ft  inthron'd  on  high, 
what  mighty  numbers  join 

3.  But 


P  S  A  L  M  !vi.  tc9 

3.  But,  tho'  fometimes  farpris'd  by  -fear 
(on  clanger's  firft  alarm  ) 

Yet  flill  for  fuccour  1  depend 
on  thy  almighty  arm. 

4.  God's  faithful  promife  I  mail  praife, 
on  which  I  now  rely  : 

In  God  I  truft,  and,  truiling  him, 
the  arm  of  flefh  defy. 

5 .  They  wr eft  my  w or ds  an d  make ' em  fpeak 
a  fenle  they  never  meant : 

Their  thoughts  are  all,  with  reftlefs  fpiter 
on  my  deftruction  bent. 

6.  In  clofe  aflemblies  they  combine, 
and  wicked  projects  lay  : 

They  watch  my  fleps,  and  lie  in  wak 
to  make  my  foul  their  prey, 

7.  Shall  fuch  Injuftice  ftill  efcape  ? 
O  righteous  God,  arife  ; 

Let  thy  juft  wrath  (  too  long  provok'd  ) 
this  impious  race  chaftife. 

8.  Thou  numb'reft  all  my  -wand' ring  fleps, 
fince  ikft  compelled  to  flee  : 

My  very  tears  are  treafur'd  up, 
and  regiftred  by  thee. 

9.  When  therefore  I  invoke  thy  aid, 
my  foes  mall  be  o'erthrown  ; 

For  I  am  well  affur'd,  that  God 
my  righteous  caufe  will  own, 

*o,  ii.  F1I 


no  PSALM     Ivi,  Ivii. 

10.  1 1.  I'll  truft  God's  v/ord,  and  fo  defpife 
the  force  that  man  can  raife  : 

1 2.  To  thee,  O  God,  my  vows  are  due  > 
to  thee  i'll  render  praife. 

13.  Thou  haft  retrieved  my  foul  from  death* 
and  thou  wilt  ftilifecure 

The  life  thou  haft  fb  oft  preferv'd, 

and  make  my  footfteps  fure  : 
That  thus,   protected  by  thy  pow'r, 

I  may  this  light  enjoy  : 
And  in  the  fervice  of  my  God 

my  lengthen'd  days  employ. 

P  S  A  L  M  LVIL 
1  ^TYHY  mercy,  Lord,  to  me   extend  : 

j|_      On  thy  protection  I  depend  ; 
And  to  thy  wing  for  iheltcr  hafte, 
Till  this  outrageous  ftormis  pa  ft. 

2.  To  thy  tribunal,  Lord,  I  fly, 

Thou  fov'reign  judge,  and  God  moft  high. 
Who  wonders  haft  for  me  begun, 
And  wilt  not  leave  thy  work  undone. 

3.  From  heav'n  protect  me  by  thy  arm, 
And  ihame  ail  thofe  who  feek  my  harm  : 
To  my  relief  thy  mercy  fend, 

And  truth,  on  which  my  hopes  depend. 

4.  For  I  with  favage  men  converfe, 
Like  hungry  lions  wild  and  fierce, 

With  men  whofe  teeth  are  fpears,their words 
Invenom'd  darts,  and  two-edg'cl  fwords, 

5.  Be 


P  S  A  L  M  Mi  hdii.        in 

5.  Be  thou,  O  God,  exalted  high/: 
And,  as  thy  glory  fills  the  fky, 

So  let  it  be  on  earth  difplay'd  ; 

I  Till  thou  art  here,  as  there,  obey'd. 

6.  To  take  me,  they  their  net  prepar'd3 
And  had  almoft  my  foul  enmar'd  ; 
But  fell  themfelves,  by  juft  decree, 
Into  the  pit  they  made  for  me. 

7.  O  God,  my  heart  is  iix'd,  'tis  bent, 
Its  thankful  tribute  to  prefent  ; 

And,  with  my  heart,  my  voice  i'll  raife 
To  thee,  my  God,  in  fongs  of  praife. 

8.  Awake,  my  glory,  harp  and  lute,. 
No  longer  let  your  firings  be  mute  : 
And  I,  my  tuneful  part  to  take, 

Will  with  the  early  dawn  awake. 

9.  Thy  praifes,  Lord,  I  will  refcuncl 
To  all  the  lift'ning  nations  round  : 

1.0.  Thy  mercy,  highefc  heav'n  tranfcends  { 
Thy  truth  beyond  the  clouds  extends. 
1  r.  Be  thou,  O  God,  exalted  high  ; 
And,  as  thy  glory  fills  the  iky, 
So  let  it  be  on  earth  difplay'd  ; 
Till  thou  art  here,  as  there  obey'd. 

PS  A  L  M   LVIII. 
1  Q  PE  AK,  O  ye  Judges  of  the  earthy 
|35     if  juft  your  fentence  be  ; 
Ormuft  not  innocence  appeal 
to  heav'n  from  your  decree  ? 

2,  Your 


m  ps  a  l  m   iviii. 

2.  Your  wicked  heart  and  judgments  are 
alike  by  malice  fway'd  ; 

Your  griping  hand,  by  weighty  bribes, 
to  violence  betray' d. 

3.  To  virtue,  flrangers  from  the  womb,, 
their  infant  fteps  went  wrong  : 

They  prattled  ilander,  and  in  lyes 
employ'd  their  lifping  tongue- 

4.  No  ferpent  of  parch'd  Afric's  breed 
does  ranker  poiibn  bear  ; 

The  drowfy  adder  will  as  loon 
unlock  his  fallen  ear. 

5.  Unmov'd  by  good  advice,  and  deaf 
as  adders  they  remain  ; 

From  whom  the  fkilful  charmer's  voice 
can  no  attention  gain. 

6.  Defeat,  O  God,  their  threat'ning  rage, 
and  timely  break  their  pow'r  : 

Diferm  thefe  growing  lions  jaws, 
e're  praclis'd.  to  devour. 

7.  Let  now  their  infolence,  at  height, 
like  ebbing  tides  be  fpent  ; 

Their  fhivef'd  darts  deceive  their  aim, 
when  they  their  bow  have  bent* 

8.  like  mails,  let  them  diffolve  to  flime  \ 
like  hafty  births  become, 

Unworthy  to  behold  the  fun, 
and  dead  within  the  womb, 

9.  Ere 


PSALM  Iviii,  tix, 


"* 


9.  Ere  thorns  can  make  the  flefh-pots  boiL 
tempeftuous  wrath  fhall  come 

From  God,  and  match  them  hence  alive 
to  their  eternal  doom. 

10.  The  righteous  fhall  rejoice  to  fee 
their  crimes  fuch  vengeance  meet  \ 

And  faints  in  perfecutors  blood 
fhall  dip  their  harlmefs  fezL 

1 1 .  TranfgrefTors  then  with  grief  fhall  fee 
jiift  men  rrorards  obtain  ; 

And  own  a  God,  whofe  juftice  will 
the  guiltv  earth  arraign. 

'PSALM  LIX. 
ELIVER  me,  O  Lord  my  God, 
from  ail  my  fpiteful  foes  : 
In  my  defence  oppoie  thy  pow'r 
to  theirs  who  me  oppofe. 

2.  Preferve  me  from  a  wicked  race,, 
who  make  a  trade  of  ill  \ 

Protect  me  from  rembrfelefs  men:, 
who  feek  my  blood  to  fpill.. 

3.  They  lie  in  wait,  and  mighty  pow'rs. 
a^aiiifl  mv  life  combine, 

Implacable  ;  yet,  Lord,  thou  knowTt, 
for  no  offence  of  mine. 

4.  In  hafle  they  run  about,  and  watch 
my  guiltlefs  life  to  take  : 

Look  down 5  Q  Lord,  on  my  diftrefs, 
and  to  my  help  a\y ake. 

5.  Thou 


ii4  PSALM  fix. 

5.  Thou,  Lord  of  hoils,  and  Ifrael-s  God, 
their  heathen  rage  fupprefs  ; 

Relentlefs  vengeance  tal  eon   thofe, 
who  ftubbornly  tranfgrefs. 

6.  At  ev'ning  to  befet  my  houfe, 
like  growling  elogs  they  meet ; 

While  others  through  the  city  range, 
and  ranfack  ev'ry  ilreet. 

7.  Their  throats  invenom'd  ilander  breathe, 
their  tongues  are  iharpen'd^Twords  : 

"  Who  hears  ?  (fay  they)  ;  or, hearing,  dares, 
"  reprove  our  lawlcis  words  r" 

8.  But  from  thy  throne  thou  {halt,  O  Lord, 
their  baifled  plots  deride; 

And  foon  to  fcorn  and  fhame  expofe 
their  boafred  heathen  pride. 

9.  On  thee  I  wait  ;  'tis  on  thy  frrength 
for  fuccour  I  depend  : 

*Tis  thou,  O  God,  art  my  defence, 

who  oaly  canft  defend. 
iq.  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  which  has  fo  oft 

from  danger  fet  me  free, 
Shall  crown  my  wimes,  and  fubdue 

my  haughty  foes  to  me. 

1 1.  Deflroy  them  not,  O  Lord,  at  once  ; 

reftrain  thy  vengeful  blow  ; 
Left  we,  nigra  tefully,  too  foon 

forext  their  overthrow. 

Difperfe 


PSAL  Mlix.  m$ 

Difperfe  them  through  the  nations  round, 

.  by  thy  avenging  pow*r  : 
Do  thou  bring  down  their  haughty  pride? 

O  Lord,  our  ftrield  and  tow'r. 

12.  Now  in  the  height  of  all  their  hopes, 

their  arrogance  chaftife  ; 
Rrhofe  tongues  have  fmn'd  without  reftraint, 

and  curies  join'd  with  lyes. 
:  3.  Nor  malt  thou,  whilft  their  race  endures, 

thine  anger,  Lord,  iupprefs  : 
riiatdiflant  lands,  by  their  juft  doom, 

may  Ifrael's  God  confeis. 

4.  At  ev'ning  let  them  frill  perils 

like  growling  dogs,  to  meet  j 
Still  wander  alRhe  city  round, 

and  traverfe  ev'ry  ftreet. 
•5.  Then,  as  for  malice  now  they  do, 

for  hunger  let  them  ilray  ; 
\nd  yell  their  vain  complaints  aloud, 

defeated  of  their  prey  : 

1 6.  Whilft  early  I  thy  mercy  fing, 
thy  wond'rous  pow'r  confeis  : 

^or  thou  haft  been  my  fure  defence, 
my  refuge  in  diftrefs. 

1 7.  To  thee,  with  never-ceaiing  praife> 
O  God,  my  ftrength,  i'li  ling  : 

Thou  art  my  God,  the  rock  from  whence 
my  health  and  fafety  fpring. 


PSALM 


n6  PSALM    !x. 

P  S  A  L  M  LX. 

GOD,  who  haft  our  troops  difpers'd 
Forfaking  thofe  who  left  thee  firft  ; 
As  we  thyjuft  difpleafure  mourn, 
To    us  in  mercy,  Lord,  return. 
2  .  Our  ftrength,  that  frm  as  earth  did  ftand 
I  s  rent  bv  thv  xrohefiag  hand  : 
O  1  heal  the  breaches  thou  haft  made  : 
We  make,  we  fall,  without  thy  aid  ! 

3.  Our  folly's  fad  effects  we  feel  ; 

For,  drunk  wkh  difcord's  cup,  we  reel. 

4.  But  now,  for  them  who  thee  rever'd, 
Thou  haft  thy  truth's  bright  banner  rear'd. 

5.  Let  thy  right-hand  thy  faints  protect : 
Lord,  hear  the  pray'rs,  that  we  direcL 

6.  The  holy  God  has  fpoke ;  and  I 
O'erjoy'd,  on  his  firm  word  rely. 

To  thee  in  portions  I'll  divide 
Fair  Siehem's  foil,  Samaria's  pride  : 
To  Sichem,  fuccoth  next  I'll  join, 
And  meafure  out  her  vale  by  Kne, 

7.  Manafleh,  Gilead,  both  fubfqibe 

To  my  commands,  with  Ephra&n's   tribe  :- 
Ephraim  by  arms  fupports  my  caufe, 
And  judiik  by  religious  Laws. 

8.  MoaI>  my  nave  and  drudge  Avail  be, 
Nor  Edom'from  my  yoke  get  free  ; 
Proud  Paleftine's  imperious  ftate 
Shall  humbly  on  our  triumph  wait. 

9.  But 


PSALM  lx?lxi.  117 

f .  But  who  fhal'l  quell  thefe  mighty  pow'rs, 
And  clear  ray  wav  to  Edom's  tow'rs  ? 

Si 

Or  through  her  guarded  frontiers  tread 
The  path  that  does  to  conqueft  lead  ? 

1  a.  Ev'n  thou,  O  God,  who  haft   difpers'd 
'Our  troops  (for  we  forfook  thee  firft) 
Thofe  whom  thou  didft  in  wrath    forfake, 
Aton'd,  thou  wilt  victorious  make. 

1 1.  Do  thou  our  fainting  caufe  fuftain  ; 
For  human  fuccours  are  but  vain. 

1 2.  Frefh  ftrcngth  and  courage  God  beftows 
Tis  he  treads  down  our  proudeft  foes. 

P  S  A  L  M  LXI. 
ORD,  hear  my  cry,  regard  my  pray'r 
which  I,  oppreis'd  with  grief, 

2.  From  earth's  remote!!  parts  addrefs 
to  thee  for  kind  relief. 

O  i  lodge  me  fate  beyond  the  reach 
of  perfecuting  pow'r 

3.  Thou  who  fo  oft  from  fpiteful  foes 
haft  been  my  fhelt'ring  tow'r. 

4.  So  mail  1  in  thy  facred  courts 
fecure  from  danger  lie  ; 

Beneath  the  covert  of  thy  wings, 
all  future  ftorms  defy. 

5.  In  fign  my  vows  are  heard,  once  more, 
I  o'er  thy  chofen  reign  : 

~<L  O  I  blefs  with  long  and  profp'rous  life 
the  king  thou  didft  ordain. 

7.  Confirm 


xi3         PSALM  hi   Ix 


7.  Confirm  his  throne,  and  make  his   reigtt 

accepted  in  thy  fight ; 
And  let  thy  truth  and  mercy  both 

in  his  defence  unite. 
3.  So  mail  I  ever  fing  thy  praife, 

thy  name  for  ever  blefs  ; 
Devote  my  profp'rous  days  to  pay 

the  vows  of  my  diftrefs. 
P  S  A  L  M    LXII. 
i1\  VTY  Soui  for  help  on  God  relies  ; 
~± V JL  From  him  alone  my  fafety  flows  : 
My  rock,  my  health,  that  ftrength  fupplies, 
To  bear  the  fhock  of  all  my  foes. 

3.  How  long  will  ye  contrive  my  fall, 
Which  will  but  haftcn  on  your  own  ? 
You'll  totter  like  a  bending  wall, 
Or  fence  of  uncemented  Stone. 

4.  To  make  my  envy'd  honours  lefs, 
They  flrive  with  lyes,  their  chief  delight  ; 
For  they,  tho'  with  their  mouths  they  blefs, 
In  private  curfe  with  inward  fpite. 

$,6.  But  thou,  my  foul,   on   God  rely; 
On  him  alone  thy  truft  repofe  : 
My  rock  and  health  will  ftrength  fupply, 
To  bear  the  fliock  of  all  my  foes. 

7.  God  does  his  faving  health  difpenfe, 
And  flowing  bleftings  daily  fend  : 
He  is  my  fortrefs  and  defence  ; 
On  him  my  foul  fhall  ftill  depend. 

8.  In 


PSALM  lxii,  Ixiii.  1 1.9 

j$.  la  him,  ye  people,  always  trull  > 
Before  his  throne  pour  out  your  hearts  ; 
For  God,  the  merciful  and  juft, 
His  timley  aid  to  us  imparts. 

9.  The  vulgar  fickle  are  and  frail ; 
The  great  diflemble  and  betray  ; 
And,  laid  in  truth's  impartial  icale, 
The  lighten  things  will  both  outweigh. 

10.  Then  truft  not  in  oppreiiive  ways  ; 
By  fpoii  and  rapine  grow  not  vain  ; 
Nor  let  your  hearts,  if  wealth  increafc, 
Be  let  too  much  upon  your  gain. 

1  r .  For  God  has  oft  his  will  cxprefs'd, 
And  I  this  truth  have  fully  known  ; 
To  be  of  boundlefs  pow'r  poffefs'd, 
Belongs,  of  right,  to  God  alone. 
1 2.  Though  mercy  is  his  darling  grace, 
In  which  he  chiefly  takes  delight  ; 
Yet  will  he  all  the  human  race 
According  to  their  works  requite. 

P  S  A  L  M    LXII1. 
ijf~^GOD,  my  gracious  God,  to  thee 
\J  My  morning  pray'rs  mail  offer'd  be  ? 

For  thee  my  thiriiy  foul  does  pant  ; 
My  fainting  fie (h  implores  thy  grace, 
Within  this  dry  and  barren  place, 

Where  I  refrefhing  waters  want. 

2.  O  S  to  my  longing  eyes  once  more 
That  view  of  glorious  pow'r  reftore, 

Which 


ito  PSALM     Ixiii. 

Which  thy  majeftic  houfe  difplayi  : 

3.  Becaufe  \  o  me  thy  wond'rous  love 
Than  life  icfclf  does  dearer  prove, 

My  lips  ill  all  always  fpeak  thy  praife. 

4.  My  life,  while  I  that  life  enjoy, 
In  bleffing  God  I  will  employ  ; 

With  lifted  hands  adore  his  name  : 

5.  My  fours  content  mall  be  as  great 
As  theirs  who  choiceft  dainties  eat, 

While  I  with  joy  his  praife  proclaim. 

6.  When  down  I  lie,  fweet  fleep  to  find* 
Thou,  Lord  art  prefent  to  my  mind  ; 

And  when  I  wake  in  dead  of  night. 

7.  Becaufe  thou  ftill  doft  fuccour  bring, 
Beneath  the  fhadow  of  thy  wing 

I  reft  with  fafety  and  delight. 

8.  My  foul,  when  foes  would  me  devour, 
Cleaves  faft  to  thee,  whole  matchlefs  pow'r 

In  her  fupport  is  daily  mown  ; 

9.  Butthofe  the  righteous  Lord  mall  ilay, 
That  my  deftru&ion  wifh  ;  and  they 

That  leek  my  life,  mall  lofe  their  own* 

1  o,   11.  They  by  untimely  ends  {hall  die, 
Their  fleih  a  prey  to  foxes  lie  ; 

But  God  mall  fill  the  king  with  joy  : 
Who  fwears  by  thee  mall  ftill  rejoice  ; 
WThilft  the  falle  tongue,  and  lying  voice, 

Thou,  Lord,  fhalt  lilente  and  deftroy. 

PS  A  L  M 


PSALM    Ixiv,  in 

PSALM    LXIV. 
i  T     ORD,  hear  the  voice  of  my  complaint ; 

1  j   To  my  requeft  give  ear  ; 
Prefer ve  my  life  from  cruel  foes, 
and  free  my  foul  from  fear. 

2.  O  !  hide  me  with  thy  tend'reft  care 
in  fome  fecure  retreat, 

From  finners  that  againft  me  rife  ; 
and  all  their  plots  defeat. 

3.  See  how,  intent  to  work  my  harm, 
they  whet  their  tongues  like  fwords ; 

And  bend  their  bows  to  fhoot  their  darts? 
fharp  lyes,  and  bitter  words. 

4.  Lurking  in  private,  at  thejuft 
they  take  their  fecret  aim  ; 

And  iuddenly  at  him  they  moot, 
quite  void  of  fear  and  fhame. 

5.  To  carry  on  their  ill  defigns 
they  mutually  agree  ; 

They  fpeak  of  laying  private  fnares, 
and  think  that  none  fhall  fee. 

6.  With  utmoft  diligence  and  care 
their  wicked  plots  they  lay  : 

The  deep  defigns  of  all  their  hearts 
are  only  to  betray. 

7.  But  God,  to  anger  juftly  mov'd, 
his  dreadful  bow  fhall  bend, 

And  on  his  flying  arrow's  point 
fhall  fwift  deflruction  fend, 

F  Se  Thofe 


m     PSALM     ixlv?  Iky, 

$.  Thofe  flanders  which  their  mouths  did  vent 

upon  themfelves  fliall  fall  ; 
Their  crimes  difclos'd  fliall  make  them  be 

defpis'd  and  fhunn'd  by  all. 

9.  The  world  mail  then  God's  pow'r  confefs; 

and  nations  trembling  ftand  ; 
Con  vine' d,  that  'tis  the  mighty  work 

of  his  avenging  hand  : 
so.  Whilft  righteous  men,  by  God  fecur'd5 

in  him  mall  gladly  truft  ; 
And  all  the  lifPning  earth  ihall  hear 

loud  triumphs  of  the  juft. 

P  S  A  L  M ,  LXY. 
IT70R  Thee,  O  God,  our  conftant  praifc 
Jj     In  Sion  waits,  thy  -chofen  feat  : 
Our  promis'd  altars  there  we'll  raife, 
And  all  our  zealous  vows  complete. 
•2.  O  thou,  who  to  my  humble  pray'r 
Bidft  always  bend  thy  lift'liing  ear, 
To  thee  mail  ail  mankind  repair, 
And  at  thy  gracious  throne  appear. 

3.  Our  fins  (tho'  numbcrlefs)  in  vain 
To  flop  thy  flowing  mercy  try  ; 
Whilft  thou  o'erlook'ft  the  guilty  ftain, 
And  waftieft  out  the  crimfon  dye. 

4.  Bleft  is  the  man,  who,  near  thee  plac'd, 
Within  thy  facred  dwelling  lives  ! 

Whilft  we,  at  humbler  diftance,  tafte 
be  vaft  delights  thy  temple  gives. 

5«  By 


F  S  A  L  M  Ixv  t%$ 

5.  By  wond'rous  ads,  O  Ood  moft  juft, 
Have  we  thy  gracious  anfwer  found  : 
In  the  remoter!  nations  truft, 

And  thofe.  whom  ftormy  waves  furround* 

6,  7.  God,  by  his  ftrength,  fits  fall:  the  hills* 
And  does  his  match!  efs  pow'r  engage  $ 
With  which  the  fea's  loud  waves  he  ftills9 
And  angry  crouds  tumultuous  rage. 

PART  II. 

S.  Thou,  Lord,  doft  barb'rous  lands  difmay 
When  they  thy  dreadful  tokens  "view  : 
With  joy  they  fee  the  night  and  day 
Each  others  track,  by  turns,  perfue, 

9.  From  out  thy  unexhaufted  ftore 
Thy  rain  relieves  the  thirfty  ground  \ 
Makes  lands,  that  barren  were  before. 
With  corn  and  ufeful  fruits  abound. 

10.  On  riling  ridges  down  it  pours. 
And  ev'ry  furrow'd  valley  fills  ; 

Thou  mak'ft  them  foft  with  gentle  fliowVs 
In  which  a  bleft  increafe  diftils, 

1 1.  Thy  goodnefs  does  the  circling  year 
With  frefh  returns  of  plenty  crown  ; 
And  where  thy  glorious  paths  appear, 
Thy  fruitful  clouds  drop  fatnefs  down. 

12.  They  drop  on  barren  forefls,  chang'd 
By  them  to  paftures  frefn  and  green : 
The  hills  about,  in  order  rang'd, 

In  beauteous  ix,>bes  of  joy  are  feem 

F  2  1  ?,  Large. 


124         PSALM     lxv,  lxvi. 

13.  Large  flocks  with  fleecy  wool  adorn 
The  chearful  downs  ;  the  vallies  bring 
A  plenteous  crop  of  full-ear'd  corn, 
And  feem,  for  jov,  to  fhout  and  fing. 

PSALM    LXVI. 
iT    ET  all  the  lands  with  fhouts  of  joy 
i\  j     to  God  their  voices  raife  ; 
Sing  pfalms  in  honour  of  his  name, 

and  fpread  his  glorious  praiie. 
3.  And  let  them  fay,  how  dreadful,  Lord, 

in  all  thy  works  art  thou  ! 
To  thy  great  pow'r  thy  ftubborn  foes 

fhall  all  be  forc'd  to  bow. 

4.  Thro9  all  the  earth  the  nations  round 
fhall  thee  their  God  confers  : 

And  with  glad  hymns  their  awful  dread 
of  thy  great  name  exprefs. 

5.  O  !  come,  behold  the  works  of  God  ; 
and  then  with  me  you'll  own, 

That  he  to  all  the  fons  of  men 
has  wond'rous  judgments  mown. 

6.  He  made  the  Sea  become  dry  land, 
through  which  our  fathers  walk'd  ; 

Whilft  to  each  other  of  his  might 
with  joy  his  people  talk'd. 

7.  He  by  his  pow'r  for  ever  rules  ; 
his  eyes  the  world  furvey  : 

Let  no  prefumptuous  man  rebel 
againll  his  Sov'reism  fway. 

PARI 


PSALM    Ixvi.  125 

PART    II. 
8,9.  O  !  all  ye  nations,  blefs  our  God, 

and  loudly  fpeak  his  praife  ; 
Who  keeps  our  foul  alive,  and  ftill 

confirms  our  ftedfaft  ways. 

10.  For  thou  haft  try'd  us,  Lord,  as  fire 
does  try  the  precious  ore  : 

1 1 .  Thou  brought'ft  us  into  ftreigh tswherewe 
oppr  effing  burdens  bore. 

12.  Infulting  foes  did  us,  their  Haves, 

thro'  fire  and  water  chafe  ; 
But  yet,  at  laft,  thou  brought'ft  us  forth 

into  a  wealthy  place. 
13.  Burnt-ofP rings  to  thy  houfe  Til  bring, 
and  there  my  vows  Til  pay  ; 

1 4.  Which  1  with  folemn  zeal  did  make 
in  trouble's  difmal  day. 

15.  Then  fhall  the  richeft  Incenfe  fmoke, 
the  fatteft  rams  fhall  fal], 

The  choiceft  goats  from  out  the  fold, 
and  bullocks  from  the  ftall. 

16.  O  !  come,  all  ye  that  fear  the  Lord  >7 
attend  with  heedful  care, 

Whilft  I5  what  God  for  me  has  done, 
with  grateful  joy  declare. 

17.  18.  As  I,  before,  his  aidimplor'd, 
fo  now  I  praife  his  name  ; 

Who,  if  my  heart  had  harbour' d  fin, 
would  all  my  pray'rs  difclaim. 

j  9,  But 


X26        P  S  A  L  M    lxvi,  Ixvii. 

19.  But  God  to  me,  when  e'er  I  cry'd, 

his  gracious  ear  did  bend: ; 
And  to  the  voice  of  my  requeft, 

with  conftant  Jove  attend. 
2Q.  Then  blefs'd  for  ever  be  my  God, 

who  never,  when  I  pray,, 
With-holds  his  mercy  from  my  foul, 

nor  turns  his  face  away  ! 

PSALM    LXVII. 

ifTpNO  blefs  thy  chofen  race, 
JL       in  mercy,  Lord,  incline  ; 
And  caufe  the  brightnefs  of  thy  face 

on  all  thy  faints  to  mine  ; 
.  a.  That  fo  thy  wond'rous  way 

may  through  the  world  be  known  y 
Whtlii:  diitant  lands  their  tribute  pay, 

and  thy  falvation  own. 

3.  Let  difPring  nations  join 
to  celebrate  thy  fame  ; 

Let  all  the  world,  O  Lord,  combine- 
to  praife  thy  glorious  name. 

4.  O  let  them  fhout  and  fing, 
diffolv'd  in  pious  mirth  ; 

For  thou,  the  righteous  Judge  and  King, 
fhalt  govern  all  the  earth. 

5.  Let  differing  nations  join 
to  celebrate  thy  fame 

Let  all  the  world,  O  Lord  combine 
to  praife  thy  glorious  name, 

6.  Then 


PS  A  L  M  Ixvii,  XxvnL  i >?q- 

6.  Then  mall  the  teeming  ground 
a  large  Ii^ereafe  difclcfe  / 

And  we  with  plenty  fhali  be  crown' d5, 
which  God,  our  God,  beftows^ 

7.  Then  God  upon  our  land 
lhall  conftantbleffings  fhow'r  ; 

And  all  the  world  in  awe  ihall  Hand 
of  his  refiitlefs  pow'r 

PSALM   LXVHI. 
1 J    ET  God,  the  God  of  battle,  rife, 
jLj.  andfcatter  his  prefumptuous  foes  ;| 
Let  fhameful   rout  their  hoft  furprife, 
Who  fpitefully  his  pow'r  oppofe, 

2.  As  finoke  in  tempefts  rage  is  loft* 
Or  wax  into  the  furnace  call  y 

So  let  their  facrilegious  hoft 
Before  his  wrathful  prefence  waile, 

3.  But  let  thefervants  of  his  will. 
His  favour's  gentle  beams  enjoy  % 
Their  upright  hearts  let  gladneis  fill, 
And  chearful  fongs  their  tongues  employ,. 

4.  To  him  your  voice  in  anthems  raife  v 
JEHOVAH's  awful  name  he  bears  : 

In  him  rejoice  ;  extol  his  praife, 
Who  rides  upon  high-rolling  fpheres^ 

5.  Him,  from  his  empire  of  the  fkies. 
To  this  low  world  compaflion  draws, 
The  orphan's  claim  to.patronize, 
And  judge  the  injur' d  widow's  caufe* 

6.  'Tk 


128  PSALM    lxviii 

6.  'Tis  God,  who  from  a  foreign  foil 
Reflores  poor  exiles  to  their  home ; 
Makes  captives  free  ;  and  fruitlefs  toil, 
Their  proud  oppreffors  righteous  doom, 

7.  'Twas  fo  of  old,  when  thou  didft  lead 
In  perfon,  Lord,  our  armies  forth  ; 
Strange  terrors  thro' the  defert  lpread, 
Convuliions  fhook  th5  aftoniih'd  earth. 

8.  The  breaking  clouds  did  rain  diftill, 
And  heav'n's  high  arches  fhook  with  fear  : 
How  then  mould  Sinai's  humble  hill 

Of  IfraePs  God  the  prefence  bear  ! 

9.  Thy  hand  as  famif h*d  earth's  complain t* 
Ueliev'dher  from  celeftial  flores  ; 

And,  when  thy  heritage  was  faint, 
AiTwag'd  the  drought  with  plenteous  fhow'rs 
io.  Where  favages  had  rang'd  before, 
At  eafe  thou  mad'ft  our  tribes  refide  ; 
And  in  the  defert  for  the  poor, 
Thy  generous  bounty  did  provide. 
PAR  T,     II. 

11.  Thou  gav'ft  the  word  ;  we  fallied  forth* 
And  in  thy  pow'rful  word  o'ercame  ; 
Whilfl  virgin-troops,  with  fongs  of  mirth, 
In  Hate  our  conqueft  did  proclaim. 

12.  Vaft  armies,  by  fuch  gen'ralsled, 
As  yet  had  ne'er  receiv'd  a  foil, 
Forfook  their  camp  with  fudden  dread,. 
And  to  our  women  left  the  fpoil. 

13.  Though 


PSALM     Ixviii.  129 

13.  Though  Egypt's  drudges  you  have  been, 
Your  army's  wings  mail  mine  as  bright 

As  doves,  in  golden  funihine  feen, 
Or  filver'd  o'er  with  paler  light. 

14.  'Twas  fo,  when  God's  almighty  hand 
O'er  fcatter'd  Kings  the  conqueft  won  ; 
Our  troops,  drawn  up  on  Jordan's  ftrand, 
High  Salmon's  glitt'ring  mow  outmone. 

15.  From  thence  to  Jordan's  farther  coaft, 
And  Bafhan's  hill,  we  did  advance  : 

No  more  her  height  mall  Bafhan  boaft, 
But  that  ihe's  God's  inheritance. 

1 6.  But  wherefore  (tho'  the  honour's  great) 
Should  this,  O  mountain,  fwell  your  pride  I 
For  Sion  is  his  chofen  feat, 

Where  he  for  ever  will  refide. 

17.  His  chariots  numberlefs  ;  his  pow'rs 
Are  heav'nly  hofts,  that  wait  his  will  : 
His  prefence  now  fills  Sion's  tow'rs, 

As  once  it  honour'd  Sinai's  hilL 

1 8.  Afc ending  high,  in  triumph  thou 
Captivity  haft  captive  led  ; 

And  on  thy  people  didft  beftow 
The  fpoil  of  armies,  once  their  dread, 

Ev'n  rebels  mail  partake  thy  grace, 
And  humble  profelytes  repair 
To  worihip  at  thy  dwelling-place, 
And  all  the  world  pay  homage  there* 

19.  For 


i^o  PSALM  IxviiL 


o 


19.  For  benefits  each  day  beftow'd, 
Be  daily  his  great  name  ador'd  ; 

20.  Who  is  our  Saviour,  and  our  God, 
Of  life  and  death  the  fov'reign  Lord. 

2i>  But  Juftice  for  his  harden'd  foes 
Proportion'd  vengeance  hath  decreed, 
To  wound  the  hoary  head  of  thofe 
Who  in  prefumptuous  crimes  proceed. 

22.  The  Lord  has  thus  in  thunder  fpoke  r 
"  As  I  fubdu'd  proud  Bafhan's  king, 

"  Once  more  I'll  break  my  people's  yoke, 
"  And  from  the  deep  my  fervants  bring  : 

23.  a  Their  feet  fhall  with  a  crimfon  flood 
"  Of  flaughter'd  foes  be  cover' d  o'er  ; 

"  Nor  earth  receive  fuch  impious  blood, 
M  But  leave  for  dogs  th*  unhallow'd  gore, 
PART     III. 

24.  When,  marching  to  thy  bleft  abode, 
The  wond' ring  multitude  furvey'd 
The  pompous  flate  of  thee,  our  Godr 
In  robes  of  majefty  array' d  ; 

25.  Sweet-fmging  levites  led  the  van  ; 
Lou$  Inftruments  brought  up  the  r/ear  ; 
Between  both  troops  a  virgin-train 
With  voice  and  timbrel  charm' d  the  ear* 

26.  This  was  the  burden  of  their  fong  : 
"  In  full  affemblies  blefs  the  Lord  : 
"  All  who  to  IfraePs  tribes  belong, 
"  The  God  of  Iirad's  praife  record.'* 

27.  N01 


PSALM      lxviii. 

27.  Nor  little  Benjamin  alone 

From  neighb'ring  bounds  did  there  attend. 

Nor  only  Judah's  nearer  throne 

Her  counfellersin  ft  ate  did  fend; 

But  Zebulon's  remoter  feat, 

And  Napthali's  more  diftant  coaft, 

(The  grand  proceffion  to  complete) 

Sent  up  their  tribes,  a  princely  hoft. 

28. Thus  God  to  ftrength  and  union  brought 

Our  tribes,  at  ftrife  till  that  bleft  hour. 

This  work,  which  thou  O  God  haft  wrought 

Confirm  with  frefh  recruits  of  pow'r. 

29.  To  vifit  Salem,  Lord,  defcend, 
And  Sion  thy  terreftrial  throne  j 
Where  lungs  with  prefents  mall  attend 
And  thee  with  offer' d  crowns  atone. 

30.  Break  down  the  fpearmens  ranks,  who 
Like  pamper' d herds  of  favage might  -.[threat 
Their  iilver-armour'd  chiefs  defeat, 

Who  in  deftructive  war  delight. 

3 1 .  Egypt  mall  then  to  God  ftretch  forth 
Her  hands,  and  Africk  homage  bring 

32.  The  fcatter'd  kingdoms  of  the  earth 
Their  common   Sov'reign's  Praifes  fing  | 

33.  Who,  mounted  on  the  loftieft  fphere 
Of  antient  heav'n,  fublimely  rides ; 

From  whence  his  dreadful  voice  we  hear3 
like  that  of  warring  winds  and  tides. 

34.  Afcribe 


t$z  PSALM    lxviii,    Ixix. 

34,  Afcribe  ye  pow'r  to  God  moft  high  v. 
Of  humble  Ifrael  he  takes  care  ; 

Whofe  ftrength,  from  out  the  dufky  fky„ 
Darts  mining  terrors  through  the  air. 

35.  How  dreadful  are  the  facred  courts, 
Where  God  has  fix* d. his  earthly  throne  !.' 
His  ftrength  his  feeble  faints  fupports  : 
To  God  give  praife,  to  him  alone. 

F  S  A  L  M  LXIX. 
1  O  AVE  me,  O  God,  from  waves  that  roll,. 

j^  And  prefs  to  overwhelm  my  foul. 
1 .  With  painful  fleps  in  mire  I  tread, 
And  deluges  o'erflow  my  head. 
3..  Withreftlefs  cries  my  fpirits  faint  ; 
My  voice  is  hoarfe  with  long  complaint  ;. 
My  fight  decays  with  tedious  pain, 
Whilft  for  my  God  I  wait  in  vain. 

4.  My  hairs,  tho   num'rous,  are  but  few,, 
Compar'd  with  foes  that  me  purfue 

With  groundlefshate,  grown  now  of  might,. 
To  execute  their  lawleis  fpite  : 
They  force  me,  guild efs,  to  refign, 
As  rapine,  what  by  right  was  mine. 

5.  Thou,  Lord,  my  innocence  doll  fee, 
Nor  are  my  fms  conceaPd  from  thee. 

6.  Lord  God  of  hofts,  take  timely  care, 
Left,  for  my  lake,  thy  faints,  defpair  : 

7.  Since  I  have  fuffer'd  for  thy  name 
Reproach,  and  hide  my  face  in  fhame  ; 

8,  A. 


PSALM    Ixix.  133. 

§»  A  ftranger  to  my  country  grown, 
Nor  to  my  near  eft  kindred  known  ; 
A  foreigner,  expos'  d  to  fcorn 
By  brethren  of  my   mother  born. 

9.  For  zeal  to  thy  lov'd  houfe  and  name 
Confumes  me  like  devouring  flame  ; 
Concern'd  at  their  affronts  to  thee, 
More  than  at  flanders  call  on  me. 
1  o.  My  very  tears  and  abftinence 
They  conftrue  in  a  fpiteful  fenfe. 
1  r.  When  cloath'd  with  fackcloth  for  their 
They  me  their  common  proverb  make,  [fake 

12.  Their  Judges  make  my  wrongs  their  j  eft, 
Thofe  wrongs  they  ought  to  have  redrefs'do 
How  mould  1  then  expect,  to  be 
From  libels  of  lewd  drunkards  free  ? 
ty  But,  Lord,  to  thee  I  will  repair 
For  help,  with  humble,  timely  pray'r; 
Relieve  me  from  thy  mercy's  ftore  : 
Difplay  thy  truth's  preferving  powT'r. 

1 4.  From  threatening  clangers  me  relieve* 
And  from  the  mire  my  fett  retrieve  ; 
From  fpiteful  foes  in  fafety  keep, 

And  fnatch  me  from  the  raging  deep. 

15.  Controul  the  deluge,  ere  it  fpread. 
And  roll  its  waves  above  my  head  : 
Nor  deep  defer uction's  yawning  pit 
To  defe  her  jaws  on  me  permit. 

16...  Lord; 


134  PSALM    Ixix. 

1 6.  Lord,  hear  the  humble  pray'r  I   make, 
For  thy  tranfcending  goodnefs'  fake  ; 
Relieve  thy  fupplicant  once  more 

From  thy  abounding  mercy's  flore. 

17.  Nor  from  thy  fervant  hide  thy  face  : 
Make  hafte  ;  for  defp'rate  is  my  cafe  : 
iS.  Thy  timely  fuccour  interpofe, 

And  fhield  me  from  remorfelefs  foes. 

19.  Thou  know'ft  what  infamy  and  fcorn 
I  from  my  enemies  have  borne  ; 

Nor  can  their  clofe-dhTembled  fpite, 
Or  darkeft  plots,  efcape  thy  light. 

20.  Reproach  and  grief  have  broke  my  heart 

1  look'd  for  fome  to  take  my  part, 
To  pity  or  relieve  my  pain  ; 

But  look'd,  alas  !  for  both  in  vain. 

2  i .  With  hunger  pin'd,  for  food  I  call  : 
Inftead  of  food  they  give  me  gall  : 
And  when  with  thirft  my  fpirits  fink, 
They  give  me  Vinegar  to  drink. 

•22.  Their  table  therefore  to  their  health 
Shall  prove  a  mare,  a  trap  their  wealth  ; 
a  3.  Perpetual  darknefs  ieize  their  eyes  5 
And  fudden  Hafts  their  hopes  furprife. 

24.  On  them  thou  ihalt  thy  fury  pour, 
'Till  thy  fierce  wrath  their  race  devour  ; 

25.  And  make  then*  houfe  a  difmal  cell, 
Where  none  will  e'er  vouchfafe  to   dwell 

46.  For* 


PSALM  lxix.  135 

26.  For  new  afflictions  they  procur'd 
For  him  who  had  thy  {tripes  endur'd  ; 
And  made  the  wounds  thy  icourge  had  torn 
To  bleed  afrefh  with  fharper  fcorn. 

27.  Sin  mall  to  fin  their  iteps  betray. 
Till  they  to  truth  have  loft  the  way. 

28.  From  life  thou  fhalt  exclude  their  foul, 
Nor  with  the  juft  their  names  inroll. 

29.  But  me,  howe'er  diitrefs'd  and  poor. 
Thy  ftrong  falvation  mall  reft  ore  : 

30.  Thy  pow'r  with  fongs  Til  then  proclaim 
And  celebrate  with  thanks  thy  name. 

3 1 .  Our  God  fhall  this  more  highly  prize, 
Than  herds  or  flocks  in  facrifice  : 

32.  Which  humble  faints  with  joy  fhall  fee, 
And  hope  for  like  redrefs  with  me. 

33.  For  God  regards  the  poor's  complaint ; 
Sets  pris'ners  free  from  clofe  reftraint. 

34.  Let  heav'n,  earth,  fea,  their  voices  raife, 
And  all  the  world  refound  his  praife. 

2$.  For  God  will  Sion's  walls  erect ; 

Fair  Judah's  cities  he'll  protect  ; 

Till  all  her  fcatter'd  fons  repair 

To  undifturb'd  poffeffion  there. 

36.  This  bleffing  they  fhall,  at  their  death. 

To  their  religious  heirs  bequeath  j 

And  they  to  endlefs  ages  more, 

Of  fuch  as  his  bleft  name  adore. 

PSALM 


i36         PSALM     Ixx,      IxxL 

PSALM  LXX. 
i  f\  LORD,  to  my  relief  draw  near  ; 

V_/  For  never  was  more  prefling  need  : 
For  my  deliv'rance,  Lord  appear, 
And  add  to  that  dehV ranee  fpeed. 

2.  Confufion  on  their  heads  return, 
Who  to  deftroy  my  foul  combine  : 
Let  them,  defeated,  blufli  and  mourn, 
Enfnar'd  in  their  own  vile  defign. 

3.  Their  doom  let  defolation  be  ; 
With  ihame  their  malice  be  repaid, 
Who  mock'd  my  confidence  in  thee, 
And  fport  of  my  affliction  made  : 

4.  While  thofe  who  humbly  feek  thy  face, 
To  joyful  triumphs  mall  be  rais'd  ; 

And  all  who  prize  thy  faving  grace, 
With  me   mail  fing,  the  Lord  be  prais'd. 

5.  Thus  wretched tho*  lam,  and  poor, 
The  mighty  Lord  of  me  takes  care  : 
Thou,  God,  who  only  canft  reftore, 
To  my  relief  with  fpeed  repair. 

P  S  A  L  M    LXXI. 
i,TN  thee  I  put  my  ftedfaft  truft  ; 

2.  Ml  defend  me,  Lord,  from  fhame  : 
Incline  thine  ear,  and  fave  my  foul  ; 

for  righteous  is  thy  name. 

3.  Be  thou  my  ftrong  abiding-place, 
to  which  I  may  refort : 

*Tis  thy  decree  that  keeps  me  fafe  ; 

Thou  art  my  rock  and  fort.    4.  5.  From 


PSALM    Ixxi.  137 

4,  5.  From  cruel  and  ungodly  men 

protect  and  fet  me  free  ; 
For  from  my  earlieft  youth  till  now, 

my  hope  has  been  in  thee. 

6.  Thy  conftant  care  did  fafely  guard 
my  tender   infant  days  ; 

Thou  took'ft  me  from  my  mother' s  wombj 
to  ling  thy  conftant  praife. 

7,  8.  While  fome  on  me  with  wonder  gaze? 
thy  hand  fupports  me  ftill  : 

Thy  honour  therefore,  and  thy  praife, 

my  mouth  mail  always  fill. 
9.  Reject  not  then  thy  fervant,  Lord, 

when  I  with  age  decay  : 
Forfake  me  not,  when  worn  with  years, 

my  vigour  fades  away. 

.10.  My  foes,  againft  my  fame  and  me, 

with  crafty  malice  fpeak  ; 
Againft  my  foul  they  lay  their  fnares, 

and  mutual  counfel  take. 

1 1.  "  His  God  fay  they,  forfakes  him  now, 
"  on  whom  he  did  rely  : 

"  Purfue  and  take  him,  whilft  no  hope 
"  of  timely  aid  is  nigh." 

12.  But  thou,  my  God,  withdraw  not  far  : 
for  fpeedy  help  we  call ; 

13.  To  fiiame  and  ruin  bring  my  foes, 
that  feek  to  work  my  fall. 

14.  But 


138         PSALM  kxi. 

14.  But  as  for  me,  my  ftedfaft  hope 
mail  on  thy  pow'r  depend  ; 

And  I  in  grateful   fongs  of  praife 
my  time  to  come  will  fpend. 
PART  II. 

15.  Thy  righteous  ads,  and  faving  health, 
My  mouth  Ihall  dill  declare  ; 

Unable  yet  to  count  them  all,, 
tho'  fumm'd  with  utmoft  care. 

1 6.  While  God  vouchsafes  me  his  fupport, 
FIl  in  his  ftrength  go  on  ; 

All  other  righteoufnels  difclaim, 
and  mention  his  alone. 

17.  Thou,  Lord,  haft  taught  me,  from  my 
to  praife  thy  glorious  name  :        [youth, 

And  ever  fince  thy  wondrous  works 
have  been  my  conftant  theme. 

18.  Then  now  forfake  me  not,  when  I 
am  greyv  and  feeble  grown  ; 

Till  I  to  thefe,  and  future  times, 
thy  ftrength  and  pow'r  have  mown. 

19.  How  high  thy  juftice  foars,  O  God! 
how  great  and  wond'rous  are 

The  mighty  works  which  thou  haft  done  ! 
who  may  with  thee  compare  ! 

20.  Me,  whom  thy  hand  has  forely  prefs'd, 
thy  grace  mall  yet  relieve  ; 

And  from  the  loweft  depth  of  woo 
witii  tender  care  retrieve. 

21.  Through 


P  S  A  L  M     Ixxi,  fxxS;         139 

ft 1 .  Through  tliee,  my  time  to  come  mall  be 

with  pow'r  and  greatnefs  crown'd  ; 
And  me,  who  difmal  years   have  pafs'd, 

thy  comforts  mall  furround  : 
22.  Therefore,  with  pfaltery  and  harp, 

thy  truth,  O  Lord,  I'll  praife 
To  thee,  the  God  of  Jacob's  race. 

my  voice  in  anthems  raife. 

a 3*  Then  joy  mall  fill  my  mouth,  and  fongs 

employ  my  chearful  voice ; 
My  grateful  foul,  by  thee  redeem1  d, 

fhall  in  thy  ftrength  rejoice. 
24.  My  tongue  thy  juft  and  righteous  acts 

fhall  all  the  day  proclaim  ; 
Becaufe  thou  didft  confound  my  foes* 

and  brought'ft  them  all  to  fhame. 

P  S  A  L  M  LXXII. 
iT     ORD,  let  thy  juft  decrees  the  king 

i   i     in  all  his  ways  direct  ; 
And  let  his  Son,  throughout  his  reign, 

thy  righteous  laws  refpecr. 

2.  So  fhall  he  ftill  thy  people  judge 
with  pure  and  upright  mind, 

Whilft  all  the  helplefs  poor  mall  him 
their  juft  protector  find. 

3.  Then  hills  and  mountains  mall  bring  forth 
the  happy  fruits  of  peace  ; 

Which  all  the  land  fhall  own  to  be 
the  work  of  righteoumefs : 

4.  Whilft 


149  PSALM  lxxii. 

4.  Whilft  he  the  poor  and  needy  race 
fhall  rule  with  gentle  fway, 

And  from  their  humble  necks  fhall  take 
oppreflive  yokes  away. 

5.  In  ev'ry  heart,  thy  awful  fear 
fhall  then  be  rooted  faft, 

As  long  as  fun  and  moon  endure, 
or  time  itfelf  fhall  laft. 

6.  He  fhall  defcend  like  rain,  that  chears 
the  meadows  fecond  birth  ; 

Or  like  warm  fhow'rs,  whofe  gentle  drops 
refrefh  the  thirfty  earth. 

7.  In  his  blefl  days  the  juft  and  good 
fhall  be  with  favour  crown'd  ; 

The  happy  land  fhall  ev'ry  where 
with  endlefs  peace  abound. 

8.  His  uncontroul'd  dominion  fhall 
from  fea  to  fea  extend  ; 

Begin  at  proud  Euphrates'  flreams, 
at  nature's  limits  end. 

9.  To  him  the  favage  nations  round 
feall  bow  their  fervile  heads  : 

His  vanquihYd  foes  fhall  lick  the  duft,      , 
where  he  his  conqueft  fpreads. 

10.  The  kings  of  Tarfhifh,  and  the  Ifles, 
mall  coflly  prefents  bring  ; 

From  fpicy    Sheba  gifts  fhall  come, 
and  wealthy  Saba's  king. 

11.  To 


PSALM    lxxil.  141 

1 1 .  To  him  mall  ev'ry  king  on  earth 
his  humble  homage  pay  ; 

And  difFring  nations  gladly  join 
to  own  his  righteous  fway, 

12.  For  he  fhall  fet  the  needy  free, 
when  they  for  fuccour  cry  ; 

Shall  fave  the  helplefs,   and  the  poor, 

and  all  their  wants  fupply. 
PART    II. 
1 3  .His  providence,  for  needy  fouls, 

fhall  due  fup plies  prepare  ; 
And  over  their  defenceiefs  lives 

fhall  watch  with  tender  care. 

14.  He  mall  preferve  and  keep  their  fouls 
from  fraud  and  rapine  free  ; 

And  in  his  fight  their  guiltlefs  blood 
of  mighty  price  fhall  be. 

15.  Therefore  fhall  God  his  life  and   reign 
to  many  years  extend  ; 

Whilft  eaftern  princes  tribute  pay, 

and  golden  prefents  fend. 
For  him  mall  conftant  pray'rs  be  made 

thro*  all  his  profp'rous  days  : 
His  juft  dominion  mall  afford 

a  lafting  theme  of  praife. 

16.  Of  ufeful  grain,  through  all  the  land, 
great  plenty  fhall  appear  : 

A  Handful  fown  on  mountain-tops 
a  mighty  crop  fhall  bear  : 

Its 


142         PS  AL  M  Ixxii,  IxxiiL 

Its  fruit,  like  cedars  fiiook  by  winds, 

a  rattling  noife  fhall  yield  : 
The  city  too  mall  thrive,  and  vie, 

forwent  y  with  the  field. 

17.  The  mem'ry  of  his  glorious  name 
thro*  endlefs  years  {hall  run  ; 

His  fpotlefs  fame  fhall  mine  as  bright 

and  lafdng  as  the  fun* 
In  him  the  nations  of  the  world 

fhall  be  completely   blefs'd, 
And  his  unbounded  happinefs 

by  ev'ry  tongue  confefs'd. 

1 8.  Then  blefs'd  be  God,  the  mighty  Lord, 
the  God  whom  Ifrael  fears  ; 

Who  only  wond  rous  in  his  works, 
beyond  compare,  appears. 

19.  Let  earth  be  with  his  glory  fill'd  ; 
.  for  ever  blefs  his  name  ; 

Whilft  to  his  praife  the  lifl'ning  world 

their  glad  affent  proclaim. 

PSALM  LXXIII. 
i-     A    T  length,  by  certain  proofs,  'tis  plain 

XX  That  God  will  to  his  faints  be  kind  ; 
That  all  whofe  hearts  are  pure  and  clean, 
Shall  his  protecting  favour  find. 
2,  3.  Till  this  fuflaining  truth  I  knew, 
My  flagg'ring  feet  had  almofl  faiPd  : 
I  griev'd,  the  finner's  wealth  to  view, 
And  envy'd  when  the  fools  prevaird. 

4,  5*  They 


PSALM  lxxiii.  143 

^  5.  They  to  the  grave  in  peace  defcend, 
\nd,  whilft  they  live,  are  hale  and  ftrong  \ 
Sk)  plague  or  troubles  them  offend, 
■hich  oft  to  other  men  belong. 
£7.  With  pride,  as  with  a  chain,  they're  held, 
\nd  rapine  ferns  their  robe  of  ftate  ; 
rheir  eyes  ftand  out,  with  fatnefs  fwell'd; 
rheygrow,  beyond  their  wiihes,  great. 

1,9.  With  hearts  corrupt,  and  lofty  talk, 
3ppreflive  methods  they  defend  ; 
Their  tongue  thro'  all  the  earth  does  walk 
Their  blaipkemies  to  heav'n  afcencL 
o.    And  yet  admiring  crouds   are  found, 
.Vho  fervile  vifits  duely  make  ; 
kcaufe  with  plenty  they  abound, 
)f  which  their  filtering  ilaves  partake. 

1. /Their  fond  opinion  thefe  purfue, 

"ill  they  with  them  profanely  cry, 

;  How  ihould  the  Lord  our    actions  view  ? 

:  Can  he  perceive,  who  dwells  fo  high  ? 

-2.  Behold  the  wicked  !  thefe  are  they 

Vho  openly  their  fins  profefs  ; 

md  yet  their  wealth's  increas'd  each  day. 

aid  all  their  actions  meet  fuccefs. 

3,14.  "Thenhavel cleans'd my  heart(faid  I), 
And  wahYd  my  hands  from  guilt  in  vain: 
■  If  ail  the  day  opprefs'd  I  lie, 
;  And  ev'ry  morning  fuffer  pain." 

15..  Thus 


144  PSALM     lxxiik 

15.  Thus  did  I  once  to  fpeak  intend  : 
But  if  fuch  things  I  rafhly  fay, 

Thy  children,  Lord,  I  muft  offend, 
And  bafely  mould  their  caufe  betray. 
PART    II. 

16,  17.  To  fathom  this  my  thoughts  I  bent; 
But  found  the  cafe  too  hard  for  me-; 

Till  to  the  houfe  of  God  I  went  : 
Then  I  their  end  did  plainly  fee. 
18.  How  high  foe'er  advanc'd,  they  all 
On  flipp'ry  places  loofely  ftand  ; 
Thence  into  ruin  headlong  fall, 
Caft  down  by  thy  avenging  hand. 

1 9, 20.  How  dreadful  and  how  quick  their  fate 
Defpis'd  by  thee,  when  they're  deftroy'd  ; 
As  waking  men  with  fcorn  do  treat 
The  fancies  that  their  dreams  employ'd. 
2 1,22.  Thus  was  my  heart  with  grief  opprefl 
My  reins  were  rack'd  with  refllefs  pains  -9 
So  ftupid  was  I,  like  a  beaft, 
Who  no  reflecting  thought  retains* 

23,  24.  Yet  ftill  thy  prefence  me  iupply'd, 
And  thy  right-hand  afliftance  gave  ; 
Thou  firft  malt  with  thy  counfel  guide, 
And  then  to  glory  me  receive. 
25.  Whom  then  in  heav'n  but  thee  alone 
Have  I,  whofe  favour  I  require  ? 
Throughout  the  fpacious  earth  there's  none 
That  I  befides  thee  can  defire. 

26.  My 


PSALM     Ixxiii,   lxxiv.       145 

0)6.  My  trembling  flefh,  and  aching  heart, 
May  often  fail  to  fuccour  me  ; 
But  God  mall  inward  ftrength  impart, 
And  my  eternal  portion  be. 

27.  For  they  that  far  from  thee  remove. 
Shall  into  fudden  ruin  fall  : 

If  after  other  Gods  they  rove, 

Thy  vengeance  fhall  deilroy  them  all* 

28.  But  as  for  me,  'tis  good  and  juft, 
That  I  fhould  ftill  to  God  repair  •  ■ 
•In  him  I  always  put  my  truft, 

And  will  his  wondrous  works  declare, 
P  S  A  L  M    LXXIV. 
HY  haft  thou  caft  us  off,  O  God  I 
wilt  thou  no  more  return  ? 
Oh  i  why  againft  thy  chofen  flock 
does  thy  fierce  anger  burn  ? 

2.  Think  on  thy  antient  purchafe,  Lord, 
the  land  that  is  thy  own, 

By  thee  redeem'd;  and  Sion's  mount, 
where  once  thy  glory  fhone. 

3.  Oh,  come  and  view  our  ruin'd  flate  ! 
how  long  our  troubles  lair.  ! 

See  how  the  foe  with  wicked  rage 
has  laid"  thy  temple  wafte  ! 

4.  Thy  foes  blafph erne  thy  name  ;  where  late 
thy  zealous  fervants  pray'd, 

The  heathen  there,  with  haughty  pomp, 
there  hammers  have  difplay'd. 

G  5,  6.  Thofe 


T 


146*  PSALM    lxxiv. 

5. 6.  Thofe  curious  carvings,  which  did  once 

advance  the  artifts  fame, 
With  ax  and  hammer  they  deftroy, 

like  works  of  vulgar  frame. 
.7.  Thy  holy  temple  they  have  burnt  •; 

and  what  efcap'd  the  flame, 
Has  been  profan'd,  and  quite  defac'd, 

tho*  iacred  to  thy  name. 

3«  Thy  worfhip  wholly  to  deflroy 

malicioufly  they  aim'd  ; 
And  all  the  facred  places  burn'd, 

where  we  thy  praife  proclaim 'd. 

9.  Yet  of  thy  pretence  thou  vouchfaf'ft 
no  tender  figns  to  fend  : 

We  have  no  Prophet  now,  that  knows 
when  this  fad  ftate  iliall  end. 
PART  II. 

10.  But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  permit 
th'  infulting  foe  to  boaft  ? 

Shall  all  the  honour  of  thy  name 
for  evermore  be  loft  ? 

1 1 .  Why  hold'ft  thou  back  thy  ftrong  right- 
and  on  thy  patient  breaft,  [hand, 

When  vengeance  calls  to  ftretch  it  forth, 
io calmly  lett'il  it  reft? 

di.  Thou  heretofore,  with   kingly  pow'r, 

in  our  defence  haft  fought  ; 
For  us,  throughout   the  wond'iing  world, 

£pii  great  flilvation  wrought. 

13.  'Twas 


PSALM    Ixxlv.  147 

13  JTwas  thou,  O  God,  that   didft  the  fea, 

by  thy  own  ftrength  divide  : 
Thou  brak'ft  the  watry  monfters  head, 

the  waves  o'erwhelm  their  pride. 

14.  The  greateft,  fierceft  of  them  all, 
that  feem'd  the  deep  to  fway, 

Was  by  thy  pow'r  deftroy'd,  and  made 
to  favage  beafts  a  prey. 

15.  Thou  clav'ft  the  folid  rock,  and  mad'ft 
the  waters  largely  flow  ; 

Again,  thou  madTt,  thro*  parting  Hreatns* 
thy  wond'ring  people  go. 

1 6.  Thine  is  the  chearful  day,  and  thine 
the  black  return  of  night ; 

Thou  haft  prepar'd  the  glorious  fun, 
and  ev'ry  feebler  light. 

17.  By  thee  the  borders  of  the  earth 
in  perfect  order  Hand  : 

The  rummer' s  warmth,  and  .winter's   cold9 
attend  on  thy  command. 

PART    III. 

j  8.  Remember,  Lord,  howfcornful  foes 

have  daily  urg'd  our  fhame  ; 
And  how  the  foolifh  people  have 
-  blafphem'd  thy  holy  name. 
19.  Oh,  free  thy  mourning  turtle-dovef 

by  finful  crouds  befet  \ 
Nor  the  alfembly  of  thy  poor 

for  evermore  forget. 

G  2  %0.  Thr 


i43  PSALM     lxxiv,  Ixxv. 

20.  Thy  antient  cov'nant,  Lord,  regard, 
and  make  thy  promife  good  ; 

For  now  each  corner  of  the  land 
is  fill'd  with  men  of  blood. 

21.  O  let  not  the  opprefs'd  return, 
with  farrow  cloath'd,  and  fhame  ; 

But  let  the  helplefs  and  the  poor 
for  ever  praife  thy  name. 

22.  Ariie,  O  God,  in  our  behalf ; 
thy  caufe  and  ours  maintain  : 

Remember  how  infulting  fools 
each  day  thy  name  prophane  ! 

23.  Make  thou  the  bbaftings  of  thy  foes 
for  ever,  Lord-  to  ceafe  : 

Whofe  infolence,  if  unchaftiz'd, 
will  more  and  more  increafe. 

PSALM    LXXV. 
irT^O  Thee,  O  God,  we  render  praife, 

to  thee  with  thanks  repair  ; 
For,  that  thy  name  to  us  is  nigh, 
thy  wond'rous  works  declare, 
1.  In  lfrael  when  my  throne  is  fix'd, 
with  me  fliall  juflice  reign. 

3.  The  land  with  difcord  makes  ;  but  I 
the  fin  king  frame  fuflain. 

4.  Deluded  wretches  I  advis'd 
their  errors  to  rcdrefs  ; 

And  warn'd  bold  finners,  that' they  mould 
their  fwelling  pride  fupprefs. 

5.  Bear 


PS-AL  M     Ixxv.  149 

c.  Bear  not  yourfelves  fo  high,  as  if 
no  pow'r  could  yours  reftrain  : 

Submit  your  ftubborn  necks,  and  learn- 
to  fpeak  with  lefs  difdain. 

6.  For  that  promotion,  which  to  gain 

your  vain  ambition  ftrives. 
From  neither  eail,  nor  weft,  nor  yet 

from  fouthem  climes  arrives. 
j.  For  God  the  great  difpofer  is, 

-and  Sov'reign  judge  alone, 
Who  calls  the  proud  to  earth,  and  lifts 

the  humble  to  a  throne. 

8.  His  hand  holds  forth  a  dreadful  cup  % 
with  purple  wine  'tis  crown'd  ; 

The  deadly  mixture,  which  his  wrath 

deals  out  to  nations  round. 
Of  this  his  faints  fometimes  may  tafte  \ 

but  wicked  men  ihall  fqueeze 
The  bitter  dregs,  and  be  condemn' d 

to  drink  the  very  lees. 

9.  His  prophet,  I,  to  all  the  world 
this  meiTage  will  relate  : 

Thejuftice  then  of  Jacob's  God 
my  fong  ihall  celebrate. 

10.  The  wicked's  pride  I  will  reduce, 
their  cruelty  difarm  ; 

Exalt  the  juft,  and  feat  him  high, 
above  the  reach  of  harm. 

PSALM 


150         PSALM    Ixxvi. 

PSALM    LXXVL 
iTN  Judah  the  almighty's  known. 
J_  (Almighty,  there,  by  wonders  fhown)c 
His  name  in  Jacob  does  excel  : 
.2.  His  fancluary  in  Salem  ftands  : 
The  majefty  that  heav'n  commands 
In  Sion  condefcends  to  dwell. 

3.  He  brake  the  bow  and  arrows  there, 
The  (hield,  the  temper'd  fword,  and  fpear ; 

There  flain  the  mighty  army  lay  : 

4.  Whence  Siori's  fame  thro'  earth  is  fpread, 
Of  greater  glory,  greater  dread, 

Than  hills  where  robbers  lodge  their  prey.. 

t;.  Their  valiant  chiefs,  who  came  for  fpoil, 
Themfelves  met  there  a  ihameful  foil : 

Securely  down  to  fleep  they  lay  ; 
But  wak'd  no  more  ;  their  ilouteft.  band 
Ne'er  lifted  one  rehftlefs  hand 
'gainft  his  that  did  their  legions  flay* 

6.  When  Jacob's  God  began  to  frown, 
Both  horfe  and  charioteers,  'oerthrown,. 

Together  flept  in  endlefs  night. 

7.  When  thou,   whom   earth  and  heav'n 
Doft  once  with  wrathful  look  appear  [revere 

What  mortal  pow'r  can  ftand  thy  fight  ? 

g.  Pronounc'd  from  heav'n,  earth  hear'd  its 

[Doom  ; 
Grew  hufh'd  with  fear  when  thou  didft  cor  le 

9.  The 


PS  A   L  M     Ixxvi,  Ixxvii.         151 

9.  The  meek  with  juftice  to  reftore. 
1  o.  The  wrath  of  man  fhall  yield  thee  praife  1 
Its  laft  attempts  but  ferve  to  raife 
The  triumphs  of  almighty  pow'r. 

11.  Vow  to  the  Lord  ;  ye  nations,  bring 
Vow'd  prefents  to  th'  eternal  king  : 

Thus  to  his  name  due  rev'rence  pay, 

12.  Who  proudeft  potentates  can  quell, 
To  earthly  kings  more  terrible, 

Than,  to  their  trembling  fubjects,  they. 

P  S  A  L  M    L  XXVII. 

1  HPO  God  I  cry'd,  who  to  my  help 
did  graciouily  repair  ; 

2.  In  trouble's  difmal  day,  I  fought 
my  God  with  humble  pray'r. 

All  night  my  feft'ring  wound  did  run ; 

no  med'cine  gave  relief  ; 
My  foul  no  comfort  would  admit, 

my  foul  indulg'd  her  grief. 

3.  I  thought  on  God,  and  favour's  pafs'cT; 
but  that  increas'd  my  pain  : 

I  found  my  fp!rit  more  oppreis'd, 
the  more  I  did  t©mp!aki. 

4.  Thro,  ev'ry  watch  of  tedious  night 
Thou  keep' ft  my  eyes  awake  ; 

My  grief  is  fwelPd  to  that  excefs, 
I  figh,  hut  cajanot  fpeak^ 


15*  PSALM    Ixxvii. 

5.  I  call'd  to  mind  the  days  of  old, 
with  fignal  mercy  crown' d  ; 

Thofe  famous  years  of  antient  times, 
for  miracles  renown  *d. 

6.  By  night  I  recollect  my  fongs, 
on  former  triumphs  made  ; 

Then  fearch,  confult,  and  afk  my  hearty 
Where's  now  that  wond'rous  aid  ? 

7.  Has  God  for  ever  caft  us  off? 
withdrawn  his  favour  quite  ? 

8.  Are  both  his  mercy  and  his  truth 
retir'd  to  endlefs  night  ? 

9.  Can  his  long  pi  actis'd  love  forget 
its  wonted  aids  to  bring  ? 

Has  he  in  wrath  fhut  up  and  feaPd 
his  mercy's  healing  fpring  ? 

1  o.  I  faid,  my  weaknefs  hints  thefe  fears  j 

but  Pll  my  fears  difband  ; 
ril  yet  remember  the  moft  high, 

and  years  of  his  right-hand. 

1 1 .  I'll  call  to  mind  his  works  of  old 
the  wronders  of  his  might  ; 

12.  On  them  my  heart  fhall  meditate, 
my  tongue  mall  them  recite. 

13.  Safe  lodg'd  from  human  fearch  on  high, 
O  God,  thy  councils  are  ! 

Who  is  fo  great  a  God  as  ours  ? 
who  can  with  him  compare  ? 

14.  Long 


*'         P  S  A  L  M     Ixxvii,  lxxviii.        153 

14.  Long  iince  a  God  of  wonders  thee 
thy  refcu'd  people  found  ; 

15.  Long  fmce  hail  thou  thy  chofen  feed 
with  flrong  deliv'rance  crown'd. 

16.  When  thee,  O  God,  the  waters  faw, 
the  frighted  billows  fhrunk  ; 

The  troubled  depths  themfelves  for  fear 
beneath  their  channels  funk. 

17.  The  clouds  pour'd  down,  while  rending 
did  with  their  Noife  confpire  ;       j^Skies 

Thy  arrows  all  abroad  were  fent, 
wing'd  with  avenging  fire* 

r8.Heav'n  with  thythunder'svoice  was  torn3 

whilil  all  the  lower  world 
"With  lightning  blaz'd,  earth  fhook  &  feem'd 

from  her  foundations  hurPd. 
19*  Thro*  rolling  flrearn  thou  find'ii  thy 

thy  paths  in  waters  lie  ;  [way 

Thy  wond'rous  paffage,  where  no  fight 

thy  footfteps  can  defcry* 

20.  Thou  ledd'ft  thy  people  like  a  flock 

fafe  through  the  defart  land, 
By  Mojes,  their  meek  fkilful  guide, 
and  Aaroii 's  facred  hand. 

PSALM  LXXVIII. 
il  TEAR,  O  my  people,  to  my  law^ 

J[jL  devout  attention  lend  ; 
Let  the  inflruction  of  my  mouth 
deep  in  your  hearts  defcend* 

G  5  z>  My 


*54  PSALM    IxxviM 

2.  My  tongue,  by  Infpiration  taught, 
mall  parables  unfold, 

Dark  oracles,  but  underftood, 
and  own'd  for  truths  of  old  ^ 

3.  Which  we  from  facred  regifters. 
of  antient  times  have  known, 

And  our  forefathers  pious  care 
to  us  has  handed  down. 

4.  We  will  not  hide  them  from   our  fons  ^ 
our  Offspring  lliall  be  taught 

The  praifes  of  the  Lord,  whofe  flrength 
has  works  of  wonder  wrought. 

5.  For  Jacob  he  this  Law  ordain' d,. 
this  league  with  Ifryel  made  ; 

With  charge,  to  be  from  age  to  age, 
from  race  to  race  convey'd. 

6.  That  generations  yet  to  come 
mould  to  their  unborn  heirs 

R.eligioufly  tranfmit  the  fame, 
and  they  again  to  theirs. 

7.  To  teach  them  that  in  God  alone 
their  hope  fecurely  ftands  ; 

That  they  mould  ne'er  his  works  forget, 

but  keep  his  juft  commands. 
%.  Left,  like  their  fathers,  they  might  prove 

a  ftiff  rebellious  race, 
Falfe-hearted,  fickle  to  their  God, 

unftedfafl;  in  his  grace.. 

o.  Sue& 


F  $•'■  1LI    Ixxvm.  ig$ 

9,  Such  were  revolting  Ephraim's  fons* 

who,  tho'  to  warfare  bred, 
And  fkilful  archers  arm'd  with  bows, 

from  field  ignobly  fled. 
io,  1 1 .  They  falfify  *d  their  league  with  God^ 

his  orders  difobey'd, 
Forgot  his  works  and  miracles 

before  their  eyes  difplay'd. 

12.  Nor  wonders,  which  their  fathers  few* 
did  they  in  mind  retain  ; 

Prodigious  things  in  Egypt  done, 
and  Zoan's  fertile  plain. 

13.  He  cut  the  feas  to  let  them  pafs* 
reftrain'd  the  pr  effing  flood  ; 

While  pil'd  on  heaps,  on  either  fide* 
the  folid  water  flood. 

£4.  A  wond/rous  pillar  led  them  on| 

compos 'd  of  fhade  and  light  j 
A  fhelt'ring  cloud  it  prov'd  by  day, 

a  leading  tire  by  night. 
1 5. When  drought  opprefs'd  them,  where  no< 

the  wildernefs  fiipply'd,/  [Stream 

He  cleft  the  rock,  whofe  flinty  breaft 

diflblv'd  into  a  tide. 

16  Streams  from  the  folid  rock  he  brought, 

which  down  in  rivers  fell, 
That  traveling  with  their  camp  each  day 

reiiewM  the  miracle; 

;     17.  Yet 


i56  PSALM     lxxviii. 

17.  Yet  there  they  finn'd  againft  himmore> 
provoking  the  moil  high  ; 

In  that  fame  defart  where  he  did 
their  fainting  fouls  fupply. 

1 8.  They  firft  incens'd  him  in  their  hearty 
that  did  his  pow'r  diftruft, 

And  iong'd  for  meat,  not  urg'd  by  want, 
but  to  indulge  their  left. 

19.  Then  utter'd  their  blafpheming  doubts, 
"  can  God,  fay  they,  prepare 

w  A  table  in  the  wildcrneis, 
"  fet  out  with  various  fare  ? 

20.  M  He  fmote  the  flinty  rock   ('tis  true) 
"  and  guming  ftreams  enfti'd  ; 

*"  But  can  lie  corn  and  fiefh  provide 
"  for  fuch  a  multitude  ? ,} 

21.  The  Lord  with  Indignation  heard  : 
from  heav'n  ayen^ine:  flame 

On  Jacob  fell,  confuming  wrath.' 
on  thanklefs  Ifr'el  came. 

22.  Bccaufe  their  unbelieving  hearts 
in  God  would  not  confide, 

Nor  trull  his  care,  who  had  from  heav'n 
their  wants  fo  oft  fupply'd. 

23.  Thy  he  had  made  his  clouds  discharge 
Provisions  down  in  ihowr's  ; 

Avid  when  earth  failV,  rcl:e\'d  their  needs, 
from  his  celefiial  ftores. 

24.  Thu* 


PSALM     Ixxviii.  ijggt 

24.  Tho'  tafteful  manna  was  rain' d  down^ 
their  hunger  to  relieve  ; 

Tho5  from  the  ftores  of  heaven  they  did 
fuftaining  corn  receive. 

25.  Thus  man  with  angel's  facred  food, 
ingrateful  man,  was  fed  ; 

Not  fparingly,  for  ftill  they  found 
a  plenteous  table  fpread, 

16.  From  heaven  he  made  an    Eaft   Wind 
then  did  the  fouth  command  [blow,. 

27.  To- rain  down  fieih  like  duft,  and  fowls, 
like  feas  unnumber'd  fand. 

28.  Within  their  trenches  he  let  fall 
the  lufcious  eafy  prey, 

And  all  around  their  fpreading  camp 
the  feather'd  booty  lay. 

29.  They  £td^  were  fill'd,  he  ga\>e  them  leave 
their  appetites  to  feaft  ; 

30,3 1.  Yet  ftill  their  wanton  In  ft  crav'd  oi^ 
nor  with  their  hunger  ceas'd. 

o 

But  whil'ft,  in  their  luxurious  mouths, 

they  did  their  dainties  chew, 
The  wrath  of  God  finale  down  their  chiefs,, 

anddfr'el's  chofen  flew. 

PART    II. 

32,  Yet  ftill  they  finn'd,    nor  would  afford 
his  miracles  belief  ; 

33.  Therefore  thro'  fruitlefs  travels  he 
CQnfumM  their  lives' in  grief. 

34.  When 


* 58  P  S  A  L  M    Ixxvm. 

34.  When  fome  were  flain,  the  reft  return'd 
to  God  with  early  cry  ; 

35.  Own'd  him  the  rock  of  their  defence, 
their  Saviour,  God  moft  high. 

$6.  But  this  was  feign'd  fubmimon  all, 
their  heart  their  tongue  bely'd  ; 

37.  Their  heart  was  (till  perverfe,  nor  would 
firm  in  his  league  abide. 

38.  Yet,  full  of  mercy,  he  forgave, 
nor  did  with  death  chaftife  ; 

But  turn'd  his  kindled  wrath  afide, 
or  would  not  let  it  rile. 

39.  For  he  remember'd  they  were  flem, 
that  could  not  long  remain  ; 

A  murmuring  wind  that's  quickly  paft, 
and  ne'er  return's  again, 

40.  How  oft  did  they  provoke  him  there, 
how  oft  his  patience  grieve, 

In  that  lame  defart  where  he  did 
their  fainting  fouls  relieve. 

41.  They  tempted  him  by  turning  back,, 
and  wickedly  repin'd  ; 

When  Ifr'el's  God  refus'd  to  be 
by  their  defire  confin'd. 

42.  Nor  call'd  to  mind  the  hand  and  day; 
that  their  redemption  brought  ? 

43.  His  iigns  in  Egypt,  wond'rous  works 
in  Zoan's  valley  wrought. 

44.  He 


PSALM    IxxviH.  1 5$ 

44.  He  turn' d  their  rivers  into  blood* 
that  man  andbeaft  forbore  ; 

And  rather  choie  to  die  of  thirft, 
than  drink  the  putrid  gore. 

45.  He  fent  devouring  fwarms  of  flies^ 
hoarfe  frogs  annoy 'd  their  foil, 

46.  Locufts  and  Catterpillers  reap'd. 
the  harveft  of  their  toil. 

47. Their  vines  with  batt'ringhail  they  broke 
with  froil  the  fig-tree  dies  : 

48.  Lightning  and  hail  make  flocks  and 
one  general  facrifice.  [  herd& 

49.  He  turn'd  his  anger  loofe,  and  fet 
no  time  for  it  to  ceaie  ; 

And  with  their  plagues  bad  angels  fent 
their  torments  to  mcreafe.. 

50.  He  clear' d  a  paffage  for  his  wrath 
to  ravage  uncontroul'd  ; 

The  murrain  on  their  firillngs  feiz'd 
in  ev'ry  field  and  fold. 

51.  The  deadly  peft  from  beaft  to  ma% 
from  field  to-  city  eame  ; 

It  flev/  their  heirs,  their  eldeR  hopes, 
thro'  all  the  tents  of  Ham. 

52.  But  his  own  tribe,  like  folded  fbeep, 
he  brought  from  their  diitrefs  ; 

And  them  conducted  like  a  flock, 
throughout  the  wildernefs. 

53-  He 


i6o  P  S  A  L  M     lxxviii. 

S^.  He  led  'em  on,  and  in  their  way- 
no  caufe  of  fear  they  found  ; 

But  march' d  fecurely  through  thofe  deeps, 
in  which  their  foes  were  drown 'd. 

54.  Nor  ceas'd  his  care  till  them  he  brought 
fafe  to  his  prormYd  land, 

And   to  his  holy  mount,  the  prize 
of  his  victorious  hand. 

55.  To  them  the  out-cad  heathen's  land 
he  did  by  lot  divide  ; 

And  in  their  foes  abandon'd  tents, 
made  If  i'' el's  tribes  refide. 

F  A  R  T    III. 

$6.  Yet  ftill  they  tempted,  ftill  provok'd 
the  wrath  of  God  molt  high  ; 

Nor  would  to  praclife  his  commands 
their  ftubborn  hearts  apply  : 

57.  But  in  their  faithlefs  fathers  ileps,. 
perverfely  chole  to  go  : 

They  turn'd  aiide,  hke  arrows  fliot 
from  iome  deceitful  bow. 

58.  For  him  to  fury  they  provok'd 
with  altars  fet  on  high  ; 

And  with  their  graven  images 
infiam'd  his  jealoufy. 

59.  When  God  heard  this,  on  Ifir'eFs  tribes 
his  wrath  and  hatred  fell ; 

60.  He  quitted  Shiloh,  and  the  tents 
where  once  he  chofe  to  dwell, 

61.  To 


PSALM     Ixxviii.  .  1 61 

61.  To  vile  captivity  his  ark, 

his  glory  to  difdain, 
62..  His  people  to  the  fword  he  gave, 

nor  would  his  wrath  reftrain. 

63.  Deftrucrive  war  their  ableft   youth 
untimely  did  confound  ; 

No  virgin  was  to  th/  altar  led, 
with  nuptual  garlands  crowned, 

64.  In  fight  the  facrificer  fell, 
the  prieft  a  victim  bled  ; 

And  widows  who  their  death  mould  mourn 
themfelves  of  grief  were  dead. 

6y  Then  as  a  giant  rauz'd  from  fleep, 
whom  wine  had  throughly  warm?d> 

Shouts  cut  aloud  ;  the  Lord  awak'd, 
and  his  proud  foe  alarm 'd. 

66.  He  fmote  their  hoft,  that  from  the  field 
a  fcatter'd  remnant  came,' 

With  wounds  imprinted  on  their  backs 
of  everlaftmff  fhame. 

o  »         ,   - 

67.  Withconquefts  crown ?d  he  jofeph' stents., 
and  Ephraim's  tribe  fcrfook  ; 

68.  But  Judah  chafe,  and  Sion's  mount 
for  his  lov'd  dwelling  took. 

69.  His  temple  he  erected  there 
with  fpires  exalted  high  : 

While  deep  and  fix'd  as  that  of  earth, 
the  ftrong  foundations  lie. 

70.  Hii 


162        PSALM     lxxvfc,  lxxix. 

70.  His  faithful  fervant  David  too, 
he  for  his  choice  did  own, 

And  from  the  Sheepfolds  him  advanc'd 
to  fit  on  Judah's  throne. 

71.  From  tending  on  the  teeming  ewes, 
he  brought  him  forth  to  feed 

His  own  inheritance,  the  tribes 
of  Hr'el's  choien  feed. 

72.  Exalted  thus  the  monarch  prov'd 
a  faithful  fhepherd  ftill ; 

He  fed  them  with  an  upright  heart* 
and  guided  them  with  {kill. 

PSALM    LXXIX. 
1  T>  EHOLD,  O   God,  how  heathen  hofls 
Xj     have  thy  pofTeffion  feiz'd  ! 
Thy  {acred  houfe  they  have  defil'd,, 
thy  holy  city  raz'd  ! 

2.  The  mangled  Bodies  of  thy  faints, 
abroad  unburied  lay ; 

T  heir  flefti  expos' d  to  favage  beafis, 
and  rav'nous  birds  of  prey. 

3.  Quite  thro'  Jerusalem  was  their  bloody 
like  common  water  fhed  ; 

And  none  were  left  alive  to  pay 
Lift  duties  to  the  dead. 

4.  The  ncighb'ring  lands  our  fmali  remains 
with  loud  reproaches  wound  ; 

And  we  a  laughing  flock  arc  made 
to  aU  the  rations  round, 

5.  How 


PSALM    Ixxix.  i% 

5-.  How  long  wilt  thou  be  angry,  Lord, 

mud  we  for  ever  mourn  ? 
Shall  thy  devouring  jealous  rage, 

like  fire  for  ever  burn  ? 

6.  On  foreign  lands  that  know  not  thee* 
thy  heavy  vengeance  fliow'r  ; 

Thole  finful  kingdoms  let  it  ciuih, 
that  have  not  own'd  thy  pow'r. 

7.  For  their  devouring- jaws  have  prey'd 
on  Jacob's  chofen  race  ; 

And  to  a  barren  delart  turn'd 
their  fruitful  dwelling-place. 

8.  O  think  not  on  our  former  fins* 
but  fpeedily  prevent 

The  utter  ruin  of  thy  faints, 
almoft  with  forrow  fpent. 

9*  Thou  God  of  our  M vation3  help* 
and  free  our  fouls  from  blame  \ 

So  fhall  our  pardon  and  defence 
exalt  thy  glorious  name. 

10.  Let  infidels,  that  fcoffing  fay, 

"  where  h  the  God  they  boaft  ?  ** 
In  vengeance  for  thy  flaughter'd  faints, 
perceive  thee  to  their  coil. 

1 1 .  Lord,  hear  the  fighing  pris'ners  moan% 
thy  faving  pow'r  extend  ; 

Preferve  the  wretches  doom'd  to  die, 
from  that  untimely  end. 

12.  On 


i64^       PSALM     lxxlx?lxxx. 

12.  On  them,  who  us  opprefs,  let  all 
our  fufP.rings  be  repaid  ; 

Make  their  confuiion  feven  times  more 
than  what  on  us  they  laid. 

13.  So  we  thy  people  and  thy  flock, 
fhall  ever  praife  thy  name  ; 

And  with   glad  hearts  our  grateful   thanks, 
from  age  to  age  proclaim. 

PSALM     LXXX.- 
*|^Ifr'elVfhepherd,   Joseph's  guide, 

\J  Our  pray  'rs  to  thee  vouchfafe  to  hear  > 
Thou  that  do'ft  on  the  cherubs  ride, 
Again  in  folemn  ftate  appear. 
•2.  Behold  how  Benjamin  expects, 
With  Ephraim  and  Manaffch  join'd, 
In  our  deliv'rance,  the  effects 
Of  thy  refiftlefs  ftrength  to  find. 

3.  Do  thou  convert  us,  Lord,  do  thou 
The  Inure  of  thy  face  difplay  ; 

And  ail  the  Ills  we  fuffer  now, 

Like  fcatter'd  clouds  fhall  pais  away. 

4.  O  thou,  whom  heavmly  holt  obey. 
How  long  mall  thy  fierce  anger  burn  ? 
How  long  thy  fuff 'ring  people  pray, 
And  to  their  pray'rs  have  no  return  ? 

5.  When  hungry,  we  are  fore'd  to  drench 
Our  fcanty  food  in  floods  of  woe  ; 
When  dry,  our  raging  thirft  we,  quench 
With  ftreams  of  tears°that  largly  flow. 

6.  For 


PSALM    Ixxx.  165 

5.  For  us  the  heathen  nations  round,  - 
As  for  a  common  prey,  conteft  ; 
Dur  foes  with  fpiteful  joy  abound, 
And  at  our  loft  condition  jell. 

7,  Do  thou  convert  us.  Lord  do  thou 
The  luftri  of  thy  face  difplay 
And  all  the  Ills  we  fuffer  now, 
Like  fcatter'd  clouds  fliall  pais  away 

PART    II. 
3. Thou  brought' ft  a  vine  from  Egypt's  land 
And  cafting  out  the  heathen  race, 
Didft  plant  it  with  thine  own  right  hand. 
And  firmly  fix'd  it  in  their  place 
>  Before  it  thou  prepar'dft  the  way, 
And  mad'ft  it  take  a  I  ailing  root, 
Which,  blefs'd'with  thy  indulgent  ray, 
O'er  all  the  land  did  widely  fhoot. 

ro,i  1.  The  hills  were  cover'd  with  its  made 
is  goodly  boughs  did  cedars  feem  : 
X s  Branches  to  the  fea  were  fpread, 
And  reach' d  to  proud  Euphrates  ftream. 
j  2.  Why  then  halt  thou  its  hedge  o'erthrown 
vVnich  thou  haft  made  fo  firm  and  ftrong  ? 
vVhilft  all  its  grapes,  defencelefs  grown, 
Are  pluck' d  by  thofe  that  pafs  along. 

13.  See  how  the  briftling  foreft  boar 
vYith  dreadful  fury  lays  it  wafte  : 
lark  how  the  favage  monfters  roar. 
And  to  their  helplefs  prey  make  hafte. 

PART 


i66  PSALM    Ixxx,  IxxxL 

FART    III. 

14.  To  thee,  O  God  of  Hofts,  we  pray  ; 
Thy  wonted  goodnefs,  Lord,  renew  : 
From  Heav'n  thy  throne  this  vine  furvey, 
And  her  fad  ftate  with  pity  view. 

15.  Behold- the  vineyard,  made  by  thee, 
Which  thy  right  hand  did  guard  fo  long  ; 
And  keep  that  branch  from  danger  free, 
Which  for  thyfelf  thou  mad'ft  fo  ftrong. 

16.  To  wafting  flames  'tis  made  a  prey. 
And  all  its  fpreading  boughs  cut  down  ; 
At  thy  rebuke  they  foon  decay, 

And  perifh  at  thy  dreadful  frown. 

17.  Crown  thou  the  King  with  good  fuccefs, 
By  thy  right  hand  fecur'd  from  wrong  : 
The  fon  of  man  in  mercy  biefs, 

Whom  for  thy  felf  thou  mad'ft  fo  ftrong. 

18.  So  mail  we  ftill  continue  free 
From  whatfoe'er  deferves  thy  blame  ; 
And  if  once,  more  reviv'd  by  thee, 
Will  always  praife  thy  holy  name. 

19.  Do  thou  convert  us.  Lord,  do  thou 
The  luflre  of  thy  face  difplay, 

And  all  the  ills  we  fufler  now, 
Like  fcatter'd  clouds  fhall  pafs  away. 

PSALM  LXXXI. 
*rT"AO  God,  our  never-failing  ftrength, 

with  loud  applaufes  fing  : 
And  jointly  make  a  chearful  noife 
to  Jacob's  awful  king. 

2,  Com- 


PSALM  Ixxxi.  167 

■2.  Compofe  a  hymn  of  praife,  and  touch 

your  inftruments  of  joy  :. 
Let  pfalteries  and  pleafant  harps, 

your  grateful  Ikill  employ. 

j.  Let  trumpets  at  the  great  new  moon, 

their  joyful  voices  raife. 
To  celebrate  th'  appointed  time, 

the  folemn  day  of  praife. 

4.  For  this  a  ftatute  was  of  old, 
which  Jacob's  God  decreed 

To  be  with  pious  care  obferv'd, 
by  Ifr'ePs   chofen  feed. 

5.  This  he  for  a  memorial  fix'd, 
when  freed  from  Egypt's  land  ; 

Strange  nations  barb'rous  fpeech  we  heard^ 

but  could  not  underftand. 
6~.  Your  burthen'd  fhoulders  I  reliev'd, 

(  thus  feem'd.  our  God  to  fay  ) 
Your  fervile  hands  by  me  were  freed 

from  laboring  in  the  clay. 

m  Your  amfeftors,  with  wrongs  opprefs'd, 

to  me  for  aid  did  call : 
With  pity  I  their  fufP rings  faw, 

and  fet  them  free  from  all. 
They  fought  for  me,  and  from  the  clouds 

in  thunder  1  reply'd  : 
At  Meribah's  contentious  ftream 

their  faith  and  duty  try'd. 

PART 


m  -PS   A  L  M  '  Ixxxi 

PART    II. 
•8.  While  I  my  folemmwill  declare, 

my  chofon  people  hear  ; 
If  thou,  O  Iir'cl,  to  my  words 

wilt  lend  thy  liil'ning  ear  ; 
9.  Then  {hall  no  God  befides  myfelf 

within  thy  coail  be  found : 
Nor  fhalt  thou  worfhip  any  God 

of  all  the  nations  round. 

I'o.  The  Lord  thy  God  am  I,  who  thee 
brought  forth  from  Egypt's  land  : 

'Tis  I  that  all  thy  j  11  ft  defires 
fupply  with  lib'ral  hand. 

11.  But  they,  my  chofen  race,  refus'd 
to  hearken  to  my  voice  j 

Nor  would  rebellious  Ifr'el's  ions 
make  me  their  happy  choice. 

12.  So  I  provok'd,  refign  them  up, 
to  ev'ry  luft  a  prey  ; 

And  in  their  own  perverfe  defigns 
permitted  them  to  ftray. 

13.  O  that  my  people  wifely  would 
my  juft  commandments  heed  1 

And  Ifr'el  in  my  righteous  ways 
with  pious  care  proceed  ! 

14.  Then  mould  my  heavy  judgments  fall 
on  all  that  them  oppofe  ; 

And  my  avenging  hand  be  turn'd 
asainft  their  num'rous  foes. 
5  15.  Their 


PSALM     lxxxi,  lxxxii.         169 

1  &  Their  enemies  and  mine  ihould  all 

;.  before  my  footftool  bend  : 
But  as  for  them,  their  happy  Hate 
Ihould  never  know  an  end. 

16,  All  parts  with  plenty  ihould   abound  j 

with  fined  wheat  their  field  : 
The  barren  rocks,  to  pleafe  their  tafle, 

fhould  lichen:  honey  yield. 

P  S  A  L  M     LXXXII. 
OD  in  the  great  ailembly  ftands5 
.where  his  impartial  eye 
In  ftate  furveys  the  earthly  Gods, 
and  does  their  Judgments  try. 
2,  3.  How  dare  ye  then  unjuftly  judge, 

or  be  to  finners  kind  ? 
Defend  the  orphans,  and  the  poor  : 
letfuch  your  juftice  find. 

4.  Protect  the  humble  hefylefs  man 
reduc'd  to  deep  diftrefs, 

And  let  not  him  become  a  prey 
to  fuch  as  would  opprefs. 

5.  They  neither  know,  nor  will  they  leam, 
but  blindly  rove  and  flray  : 

Juftice  and  truth,  the  world's  great  props, 
thro'  all  the  land  decay. 

6.  Well  then  might  God  in  anger  fay, 
"  I've  call'd  you  by  my  name  : 

<c  I've  faid  y'are  Gods,  the  fons  and  heirs 
""  of  my  immortal  fame  : 

H  7v"3ut 


570       PSALM     Ixxxii,   lxxxiii, 

7.  *  But  ne'erthelefs  your  unjufl  deeds 
"  to  ftrid  account  111  call  : 

*c  You  all  mall  die  like  common  men, 
"  like  other  tyrants  fall/' 

8.  Arife,  and  thy  juft  judgments,  Lord, 
throughout  the  earth  difplay  ; 

And  all  the  nations  of  the  world 
mall  own  thy  righteous  fway, 
PSALM     LXXXIif. 
1  IT  OLD  not  thy  peace,  O  Lord  our  <jd 

Xi     no  longer  filent  be  ; 
Nor  with  confenting  quiet  looks 
our  ruin  calmly  fee  ! 

2.  Forlo  !  the  tumults  of  thy  foes 
o'er  all  the  land  are  fpread  ; 

And  they  which  hate  thy  faints  and  thee,, 
lift  up  their  threatning  head. 

3.  Againfl  thy  zealous  people,  Lord, 
they  craftily  combine  ; 

And  to  deftroy  thy  chofeil  faints 
have  laid  their  clofe  defigp. 

4.  u  Come  let  us  cut  them  off,  fay  they, 
<s  their  nation  quite  deface  ; 

cc  That  no  remembrance  may  remain 
"  of  libel's  hated  race.  " 

5.  Thus  they  againfl  thy  peoples  peace 
confult  with  one  con  fen  t  ; 

And  dialing  nations  jointly  leagu'd, 
fcieir  common  malice  vent. 

6.  T 


;P  S  A-  L  M     Ixxxiii*  m 

€.  The  Ifhiu'eiites  that  dwell  in  tents? 

with  warlike  Edom  join'd  ; 
And  Moah's  fons  our  ruin  vow, 
-    with  Ha  gar's  race  combin'd, 

.7.  Proud  Aiumon's  offspring,  Gebal  to# 

with  Amalek  confpire  : 
The  lords  of  Paleftine,  and  all 

the  wealthy  fons  of  Tyre. 
8.  All  thefe  the  ftrong  AfTyrian  king 

their  firm  ally  have  got  :: 
Who  with  a  powerful  army  aids 

th'inceftuous  race  of  Lot. 
PART  II. 
y.  But  let  fuch  vengeance  come  to  theftlj 

as  once  to  Midian  came  \ 
To  Jabin  and  proud  Sifera, 

at  Kimon's  fatal  firearm 
1  c.When  thy  light  hand  their  numerous  hoft 

near  Endor  did  confound, 
And  left  their  carcafes  for  dung 

to  feed  the  hungry  ground. 

1 1 ,  Let  all  their  mighty  men  the  fate 
of  Zeb  and  Oreb  mare  : 

As  Zeba  and  Zalrnunnah,  fo 
let  all  their  princes  fare, 

12.  Who,  with  the  fame  defign  infpir'c!? 
thus  vainly  boafling  fpake, 

u  In  firm  pofTeffion  for  ourfeives 
**  let  us  God's  houfes  take,  ?,v 

H  z  13.  T< 


172  PSALM     lxxxiii,    Ixxxiw 

13.  To  ruin  let  them  hade,  like  wheels 

which  downward  fwiftly  move  : 
Like  chaff  before  the  winds,  let  all 

their  fcatter'd  forces  prove. 
X4,  jjj.  As  flames   coniurae  dry   wood,  or 

that  on  parch'd  mountains  grows  ;£heath 
So  let  thy  fierce  purfuing  wrath 

with  terror  ftrike  thy  foes. 

1 6, 1 7. Lord,  fhroud  their  faces  with  difgrace 

that  they  may  own  thy  name  : 
Or  them  confound,  whofe  hardened  hearts 

thy  gentler  means  difclaim. 
18.  So  fhall  the  wond'ring  world   confds 

that  thou,  who  claim 'ft  alone 
Jehovah's  name,  o'er  all  the  earth 

haft  rais'd  thy  lofty  throne. 

P  S  A  L  M    LXXXIV 

if~\  GOD  of  hofts,  the  mighty  Lord, 

\_Jr      how  lovely  is  the  place, 
Where  thou,  enthron'd  in   glory,  fhew'ft 
the  brightnefs  of  thy  face  ! 

2.  My  longing  foul  faints  with  defire, 
to  view  thy  blefl  abode  : 

My  panting  heart  and  fleih  cry  out 
for  thee  the  living  God. 

3,  The  "birds,  more  happy  far  than  I, 
around  thy  temple  throng  ; 

•Securely  there  they  build,  and  there 
ifiourely  hatch  their  young. 

a.  O 


PSAL  M    lxxxiv.  173 

4.  O  Lord  of  hoft,  my  king  and  God, 
how  highly  bled  are  they, 

Who  in  thy  temple  always  dwell, 
and  there  thy  praife  difplay  ! 

5.  Thrice  happy  they,  whofe  choice  has  thee 
their  fare  protection  made, 

Who  long  to  tread  the  facred  ways, 
that  to  thy  dwelling  lead ! 

6.  Who  pafs  thro'  parch'd  and  thirfry  vales,. 
yet  no  refrelhment  want  : 

Their  pools  are  fill' d  with  rain,  which  thou 
at  their  requeft  doft  grant. 

7  Thus  they  proceed  from  ftrength  to  ftrength 

and  ftili  approach  more  near  ; 
■'Till  all  on  Sion's  holy  mount 

before  their  God  appear. 

8.  O  Lord,  the  mighty  God  of  holts, 
my  juft  requefts  regard  ! 

Thou  feod  of  Jacob,  let  my  pray'r 
be  fall  with  favour  heard  : 

9.  Behold.  O  God,  for  thou  alone 
caufe  timely  aid  difpenfe  : 

On  thy  anointed  fervant  look, 
be  thou  his  ftrong  defence. 

10.  For  in  thy  courts  one  iingle  day 
*tis  better  to  attend, 

Than,  Lord,  in  any  place  beficles 
a  thoufand  days  to  fpend. 

Much 


,74  P  S,  A  h  M     lxxxiv,   Ixxxv, 

yiuch  rathei  in  God*s  houfe  will  I 
"   the  mean  ell:  Office  take, 
Than  in  the  k    ^ehy  tents  of  fin 

mypomyouj  dwelling  make. 
k.  For  God,  who  is  oar  Sun  and  Shield:, 
'  will  grace  a  nd  glory  give  ; 
(Vnd  no  gco  I  thing  will  he  with-hold 

from  ;he      chat  juftly  live. 

>2,.Th.  i|C    I,  whomheav'nly  hofts.  obey-,. 

how  m^nly  bleft  is  he, 
iVhofe  Hope  and  Truft,  fecurely  plac'd> 

is  ftiU  repos'd  on  thee  ! 

P  S  id  L  M    LXXXV, 

JORD,  thou  haft  granted  to  thy  Land] 
_l     the  favours  we  implor'd, 
And  faithful  Jacob's  captive  race 
moft  gracioufly  reftor'd. 
,3.  Thy  people's  fins  thou  haft  abfolv'dv 
3  and  all  their  guilt  defae'd  : 
"hou  haft  not  let  thy  wrath  flame  on,, 
i  nor  thy  fierce  anger  laft. 

L  O  .God  our  Saviour,  all  our  hearts 
i  to  thy  obedience  turn  ; 
"hat,  quench' d  with  our  repenting  tears,, 
\  thy  wrath  no  more  may  burn. 
,6.  For  why  fhould'ft  thou  be  angry  R.\\\ 
J  and  wrath  fo  long  retain  ? 
levive  us,  Lord,  and  let  thy  Saints 
<  thy  wonted  comfort  gain, 

7.  Thy^ 


PSALM    Ixxxv,  Ixxxvi.       175 

I  Thy  gracious  favour,  Lord,  difplay., 

which  we  have  long  implor'd  ; 
&nd  for  thy,  wond'rous  mercy's  fake,. 

thy  wonted  aid    afford. 
L   God's  anfwer  patiently  I'll  wait  ; 

for  he,  with  glad  Succefs, 
If  they  no  more  to  folly   turn) 

his  mourning  Saints  will  blefs. 

9..  To.  all  that  fear  his  holy  name, 

his  fure  falvation's  near  ; 
And  in  its  former  happy  ft  ate 

our  nation  mall  appear. 
xo.  For  mercy  now  with  truth  is  join 'd  % 

and  righteoufhefs  with  peace, 
Like  kind  Companions  abfent  long, 

with  friendly  Arms  embrace. 

1  i,i2,Truthfrom  the  earth ihallfpring,wlui ft; 

mall  flreams  of  juftice  pour  ;       [Heavu 
And  God,  from  whom  all  goodnefs  flows, 

fhall  endlefs  plenty  iliow'r. 
13.  Before  him  righteoufnefs  fhall  march,. 

and  hi&juft  paths  prepare  ; 
Whilft  we  his  holy  fteps  purfue; 

with  conftant  zeal  and  care. 

P  &  A  L  M  LXXXVI. 
1   fT^G  my  complaint,  O  Lord  my  God^ 

j^        thy  gracious  ear  incline  ; 
Hear  me,  diftrefs'd  and  defiitute 

of  all.  relief  but.  thine  ; 

2.   Do 


*7»  P  S  A  L  M     Ixxxvf. 

2.  Do  thou  O  God,  prefer  ve  my  foul, 
that  does  thy  name  adore  : 

Thy  fervant  keep,  and  him,  whofe  trail 
relies  on  thee,  reftore. 

3.  To  me  who  daily  thee  invoke, 
thy  mercy,  Lord,  extend  • 

4.  Refreih  thy  fervant's  foul,  whofe  Hopes 
on  the  alone  depend. 

5.  Thou,  Lord,  art  good,  nor  only  good, 
but  prompt  to  pardon  too  : 

Of  plenteous  mercy  to  all  thofe, 
who  for  thy  mercy  fue. 

6.  To  my  repeated  humble  pray'r, 
O  Lord,  attentive  be  ; 

7.  When  troubled  I  on  thee  will  call, 
for  thou  wilt  anfwer  me. 

g.  Among  the  Gods  there's  none  like  thee, 

O  Lord   alone  divine  ! 
To  thee  as  much  inferior  they, 

as  are  their  works  to  thine. 

9.  Therefore  their  great  creator  thee, 
the  nations  mail  adore  ; 

Their  long  mifguided  pray'rs  and  praife 
to  thy  bleft  name  reftore. 

10.  All  mall  confefs  the  great,  and  great 
the  wonders  thou  half  done  ; 

Confefs  thee  God,  thee  God  fupreme, 
confefs  thee  God  alone. 

PART 


PSALM     Ixxxvi, 


// 


PART   II. 
i  r.  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Lord,  and  T 

from  truth  fhall  ne'er  depart  \ 
In  rev'rence  to  thy  facred  name 

devoutly  fix  my  heart. 
12,.  Thee  will  I  praife,  O  Lord  my  God*. 

praife  thee  with  heart  fincere  : 
And  to  thy  everlafting  name. 

eternal  trophies  rear. 

13.  Thy  boundlefs  mercy  fhewn  to  me?5 
tranfcends  my  pow'r  to  tell, 

For  thou  haft  oft  redeem'd  my  foul, 
from  loweft  depths  of  hell. 

14.  O  God,  the  fons  of  pride  and  firife: 
have  my  deftruction  fought,    - 

Regardlefs  of  thy  pow'r,  that  oft 
has  my  deliv' ranee  wrought : 

15.  But  thou  thy  eonftant. goodnefs  didft 
to  my  ailiftance  bring  ; 

Of  patience,  mercy,  and  of  truth, 

thou  everlafting  fpring  ! 
16  ObounteousLord,  thy  grace  and  flrengtH 

to  me  thy  fervant  fhow  ; 
Thy  kind  protection.  Lord,  on  me, 

thine  handmaid's  fon  beflow. 

17.  Some  fignal  give,  which  my  proud  foes 

may  fee  with  fhame  and  rage, 
When  thou,  O  Lord,  for  my  relief 

and  comfort  do'ft  engage. 

H  5  PSALM 


1 78         PSALM     Ixxxvii,  Ixxxviin 

PSALM    LXXXVII. 
j £^%  OD's  temple  crowns  the  holy  mount 
\jr  The  Lord  there  condefcends  to  dwell 
-2.  His  Sion's  eates  in  his  account, 
Our  Intel's  faireft  tents  excel. 

3.  Fame  glorious  things  of  thee  mail  fing, 
t)  City  of  th'  Almighty  king  ! 

4.  I'll  mention  Rahab  with  due.  Praife, 
In  Babylon's  applaufes .join, 

The  fame  of  Ethiopia  raiie, 

With  that  of  Tyre  and  Paleftine  ; 
And  grant  that  fome,  amongft   them  borr*v; 
Their  age  and  country  did  adorn. 

5.  But  Hill  of  Sion  PI!  aver 

That  many  fuch  from  her  proceed  ; 
Th'  Almighty  £ball  eftabMi  her. 

6.  His  gen'ral  lift  ihall  fhew,  when  read,. 
That  fuch  a.  perfcm  there  was  born, 
And  fuch  did  fuch  an  age  adorn. 

7.  He'll  Sion  find  with  numbers  fiii'd 
Of  fuch  as  merit  high  renown; 

For.  hand  and  voice  nruflcians  Ikill'd 

And  (her  tranfcending  fame  to  crown) ; 
Of  fuch  ihc  mail  fuccerlions  bring 
Like  waters  from  a  living  fpring. 

P  S A  L  M    LXXXVIIL 
I-rT~1°  thee,  my  God  and  Saviour,  I 

By.  day  and  night  addrefs  my  cry; 
2.  Vouchfafe  my  mournful  voice  to  heaiy 
To  my  diftreis  incline  thine  ear ;        3.  For. 


w  3-  A=  L .  M-.  Ixxxviii.  mm 


3*  For  feas  of  trouble  me  invade, 
My  foul  draws  nigli  to  Death's  cold  made., 
4. Like  one  whofe  ftrength  and  hopes  are  fled 
They  number  me  among  the  dead. 

5.  Like  thofe  who   fhrouded  in  the  grave,. 
From  thee  no  more  remembrance  have  5 

6.  Caft  off  from  thy  fuftaining  care, 
Down  to  the  confines  of  defpair. 

7.  Thy  wrath  has  hard  upon  me  lain,. 
Affiicting  me  with  reftleis  pain  : 

Me  all  thy  mountain  weaves  have  prefly. 
Too  weak,,  alas,  to  bear  the  leaft. 

8.  Remov'd  from  friends  I  figh  alone. 
In  a  loath'd  dungeon  laid,  where  none: 
A  vifit  will  vouchfafe  to  me, 
Confin'd,  pait  hopes  cf  liberty. 

9.  My  eyes  from  weeping  never  ceafe, 
They  wade,  but  ft  ill  my  griefs  increafe  ;. 
Yet  daily,  Lord,  to  thee  I've  pray'd, 
With  ouMrretch'd  hands anvok'd  thy  aid6 

10.  Wilt  thou  by  miracles  revive 

The  dead,  whom  thou  forfook'fi  alive  ?. 
From  death  reflore  thy  praife  to  ling, 
Whom  thou  from  prifon  would'ft  not  bring 
fit-  Shall  the  mute  grave  thy  love  confefs  ? 
A  mould'ring  tomb  thy  faithfulnefs  ? 
12.  Thy  truth  and  power  renown  obtain, 
Where,  darknefs  and  oblivion  reign  ? 


To 


i  So         PSALM     Ixxxviii,  Ixxxix. 

13,  To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  cry,  forlorn  ; 
My  pray'r  prevents  the  early  morn. 
1  j..  \Vl4y  halt  thou,  Lord,  my  foul  forfook, 
Nor  once  vouchfaf'd  a  gracious  look  t 

15.  Prevailing  forrows  bear  me  down, 
Which  from  my  youth  with  me  have  grown 
Thy  terrors  pall  diftracl  my  mind, 

&nd  fears  of  blacker  days  behind. 

16.  Thy  wrath  haft  burft  upon  my  head, 
Thy  terrors  fill  my  Soul  with  dread  : 

17.  Environ'd  as  with  waves  combin'd, 
And  for  a  gcr/ral  Deluge  joirrd. 

18.  My  lovers,  friends,  familiars,  all 
Remov'd  from  fight,  arid  out  of  call  ^ 
To  dark  oblivion  all  retir'd, 

Dead,  or  at  leaft  tome  expir'd- 
PSALM     LXX11X. 

1  r-pM-IY  mercies,  Lord,  fliall  be  my  fong, 
My  long  on  them  mail  ever  dwell  \ 

To  ages  yet  unborn,  my  tongue 

Thy  never-failing  truth  ihall  telL 

2.  T  lave  affirm'd  and  ftill  maintain, 

Thy  mercy  Ihall  for  ever  laft  ; 

Thy  truth  that  does  the  heav'ns  fuftain, 

Like  them  ihall  Hand  for  ever  faft. 

3. Thus  fpak'ft  thou  by  thy  prophet's  voice 
"  With  David  I  a  league  have  made  ; 
cc  To  him,  my  fervant,  and  my  choice,, 
"  By  folemn  oath  this  grant  convey'd  ; 

4.  «  Wink 


P  S  A  L  M     ixxxlx.  i8j 

j\  .cc  While  earth,  and  feas,  and  Ikies  endure, 
"  Thy  feed  mall  in  my  light  remain  ; 
"  To  them  thy  throne  I  will  eniure, 
6i  They  fhall  to  endiefs  ages  reign.  iy 

5.  For  fuch  ftupendous  truth  and  love, 
Both  heavm  and  earth  juft  praifes  owe,, 
By  choirs  of  angels  fung  above, 

And  by  alfembled  faints  below. 

6.  What  Seraph  of  celeftial  birth' 
To  vie  with  lir'el's  God  fell  dare  I 
Or  who,  among  the  Gods  of  earth. 
With  our  almighty  Lord  compare  ? 

7.  With  rev'rence  and  religious  dread, 
His  faints  mould  to  his  temple  prefs  ; 

His  fear  thro'  all  their  hearts  mould  fpread'^ 
Who  his  almighty  name  confefs. 

8.  Lord  God  of  armies,  who  can  boaft 

Of  ftrength  or  pow'r,  like  thine  renown'd? 

Of  inch  a  num'rous  faithful  hoft, 

As  that  which  does  thy  throne  furround  r 

9.  Thou  doft  the  lawlefs  fea  controul, 
And  change  the  profpect  of  the  deep  ; 
Thou  mak'fl  the  ileeping  billows  roul, 
Thou  mak'ft  the  rolling  billows  ileep. 

10.  Thou  brak'fl  in  pieces  Rahab's  pride.,. 
And  did'lt.  oppreffing  pow'r  difarm  : 
Thy  fcatter'd  foes  have  dearly  try'd 

The  force  of  thy  refifllefs  arm. 

11.  la 


1 82  FSAL  m     ixxxix.. 

i.i.  In  thee  the  fov' reign  right  remains. 
Of  earth  and  heav'n  ;  thee,   Lord,  alone 
The  world  and  all  that  it  contains, 
Their  maker  and  prefer ver  own. 
12.  The  poles  on  which  the  Globe  does  reft, 
Were  form'd  by  thy  creating  voice  y 
Tabor,  and  Hermon,  eaft  and  weft, 
In  thy  fuftaining  Pow'r  rejoice. 

1,3.  Thy  arm  is  mighty,  ilrong  thy  hand*. 
Yet,  Lord,  thou  doit  with  jvtftice  reign  ; 

14.  Poffell  of  abfolute  command, 
Thou  truth  and  mercy  doft  maintain. 

15.  Happy,  thrice  happy  they,  who  hear  - 
Thy  facred  trumpet's  joyful  found  ; 

i  Who  may  at  feftivals  appear, 

'"'With  thy  moil  glorious  prefence  crown'dY 

16.  Thy  faints  mall  always  be  o'crjoy'd, 
Who  on  thy  facred  name  rdy    ; 

And,  in  thy  righteoufhefs   employ'd, 
Above  their  foes  berais'd  on  high. 

17.  For  in  thy  ftrength  they  malt  advance,. 
Whole  Conquefts  from  thy  favour  fpring  :.. 

18.  The  Lord  of  Hofts  is  our  defence, 
And  Ifr'el's  God  our  Ifr'el's  King. 

1. 9. Thus  fpak'ft  thou  by  thy  Prophet's  voice, 
c*  A  mighty  champion  I  will  fend  ; 
"  From  Judah's  tribe  have  I  made  choice. 
*f  Of  one  who  fliall  the  reft  defend. 

20.  "  My. 


P  S  A  L  M    Ixxxix.  i&4 

20.  u  My  fervant  David  I  have  found, 

I"  With  holy  oil  anointed  him  ;  (crown'd 

21.  "  Him  {hall  the  hand    fupport    that; 
F  And  guard  that  gave  the  diadem. 

42.  "No  prince  from  him  {hall  tribute  force,, 
!"  NcTfon  offtrifeihall  him  annoy  ; 

23.  "  His  fpiteful  foes  I- will  difperfe, 
«  And  them  before  his  face  deftroy. 

24.  "  My  truth  and  grace  mail,  him  fuftain  ;■ 
M  His  armies  in  well  ordered  ranks, 

25  "  Shall  conquer,  from  the,  tyrian  main, 

"  To  Tigris  and  Euphrates  banks. 

26.  "  Me  for  his  father  he  {hail  take, 

"  His  God  and  rock  of  fafety  call  ; 

$7,  «  Him  I  my  firft,  born  Ton  will  make* 

«  And  earthly  kings  hisTubjects  all. 

2.8.  "  To.him  my  mercy  TH  fecure, 

««  My  cov'nant  make  far  ever  faft.  ; 

20.  ""His  feed  for  ever  {hall  endure, 

"^His  throne,  till  Heavm.  duTolve,  {hall  laffl 

P  A  RT    11. 
->o.  "  But  if  his  heirs,  my  law  forfake, 
^  And  from  my  facred  precepts  ftray  ; 
ni:  "  If  they  my  righteous  ftatutes  break, 
"  Nor  ftricliy  my  commands  obey  ; 

32.  "  Their  fms  Til  viiit  with  a  rod, 

*  And  for  their  folly  make  them  fmart  ; 

33.  "  Yet  will  not  ceafe  to  be  their  Goc; 
"  Ncr  from  my  truth,  like  them,  depart 

-34.-"  M7 


i §4  FS    U  M     Ixxxix. 

34.  "  My  cov'nant  I  will  ne'er  revoke, 

"  But  in  remembrance  fail  retain  ; 

"  The  thing  that  once  my  lips  have  fpoke- 

c<   Shall  in  eternal  force  remain. 

35..  "  Once  have  I  fworn,  but  once  for  all, 

c<  And  made  my  holinefs  the  tie, 

"  That  I  my  grant  will  ne'ei  recal, 

"  Nor  to  my  iervaat  David  lie. 

3%"  Whole  throne  and  race  the  eonftant  fun* 
"  Shall,  like  his  courfe,  eftabliih'd  fee  : 
y;.  "  Of  this  my  oath,  thou  confcious  moon 
"  In  Hcav'n  my  faithful  witnefs  be.*' 

38.  Such,  was  thy  gracious  promife,  Lord, 
But  thou  haft  now  our  tribes  forfook, 
Thv  own  anointed  halt   abhor'd, 

And  turh/d  on  him  thy  wrathful  look. 

39.  Thou  feemeft  to  have  render'd  void' 
The  cov'n-ant  with  thy  fervant  made, 
Thou  haft  his  dignity  deftroy'd, 

And  in  the  dull  his  honour  laid. 

40.  Ofllrong  holds  thou  haft  him  bereft, 
And  brought  his  bulwarks  to  decay  > 

41.  Hi^  frontier  ccafts  defencelefs  left, 
*  A  public  fcorn,  and  common  pi  ey. 

42.  His  ruin  does  glad  triumphs  yield 
To  foes  advanced  by  thee  to  might  ; 

!  43. Thou  haft  his  conqu'ringfwordunfteeFd, 
His  valour  turn'd  to  lhameful  flight. 

44.  His 


PSALM     Ixxxix.  185 

44.  His  glory  is  to  darknefs  lied, 

His  throne  is  levell'd  with  the  ground  ; 

45.  His  youth  to  wretched  bondage  led, 
With  ihame  o'erwhelm'd  &  forrow  drown'd 

46.  How  long  {hall  we  thy  ahfence  mourn  .? 
Wilt  thou  for  ever,  Lord  retire  ? 

Shall  thy  confuming  anger  burn 
'Till  that  and  we  at  once  expire  P 

47.  Confider,  Lord,  how  fhort  a  fpace 
rl  liou  doft  for  mortal  life  ordain  ; 
No  method  to  prolong  the  race, 
But  loading  it  with  grief  and  pain. 

48.  What  man  is  he  that  can  controul 
Death's  ftriet  unalterable  doom  ? 

Or  refcue  from  the  grave  his  foul. 
The  grave  that  mulr.  mankind  entomb  ? 

49.  Lord,  where' s  thy  lore,  thy  boundlefs 
The  oath  to  which  thy  truth  did  fealJ  Grace 
Coniign'd  to  David  and  his  race. 

The  grant  which  time  fhoa'd  ne'er  repeal  ? 

50.  See  how  thy  ferva  nts  treated  are 
With  infamy,  reproach  and  fpite  \ 
Which  in  my  filent  brealt  I  bear 
From  nations  of  licentious  might. 

51.  How  they,  reproaching  thy  great  name 
Have  made  thy  fervants  hope  their  j eft  : 

52.  Yet  thy  juft  praifes  we'd  proclaim, 
And  ever  ling,  The-  Lord  b?  blejL. 

Amen^  Amen. 
P  S  1LM 


i36  PSALM     xc. 

PSALM    XC. 
2i^%  ^jORD5  the  Saviour  and  defence 

%^J     of  us  thy  chofen  race, 
From  age  to  age  thou  ftill  haft  been 

oiihfure  abiding  place, 
a, Before  thou  brought'!!  th e  mountains  forth 

or  th'  earth  and  world  didft  frame, 
Thou  ah. rays  wert  the  mighty  God, 

and  ever  art  the  fame  : 

3.  Thou  turn  eft  man,  O  Lord,  to  duft, 
of  which  he  firft  was  made  ; 

And  when  thou  fpeak'ft  the  word,  Return-,. 
'tis  inftantly  obey'd. 

4.  For  in  thy  fight  a  thoufand  years: 
are  like  a  day  that's  paft, 

Or  like  a  watch  in  dczd  of  night, 
whofe  hours  unminded  wafte. 

5.  Thou  fweep'ft  us  off  as  with  a  £Lood5 
we  vaniffr  hence  like  dreams  ; 

At  firft  we  grow  like  grafs  that  feels 
the  fun's  reviving  beams  : 

6.  But  howfoever  frefh  and  fair 
its  morning  beauty  fliows  ; 

Tis  all  cut  down  and  withered  quite 
before  the  ev'ning  clofe. 

7,8.  We  by  thine  anger  are  confunid. 

and  by  thy  wrath  difmay'd  ; 
Our  publick  crimes  and  fecret  fins 

before  thy  Sight  are  laid. 

9.  Bcneatfe 


PSALM  xc.  *% 

U..  Beneath  thy  anger's  i?A  effects 
our  drooping^  days  we  fpend  ; 

Pur  unregarded  years  break  off, 
like  tales  that  quickly  end. 

io.  Our  term  of  time  is  feventy  years, 

an  age  that  few  furvive  : 
But  if,  with  more  than  common  ftrength^ 

to  eighty  we  arrive  ;: 
Yet  then  our  boafled  ffrength  decay sy 

to  forrow  turn'd  and  pain  : 
So  foon  the  {render  thread  is  cut, 

and  we  no  more  remain. 
PART    II. 
ii.  But  who  thy  anger's  dread  effects. 

does  as  he  ought,  revere  ? 
And  yet  thy  wrath  does  fall  or  rife, 

as  more  or  lefs  we  fear, 
li.  SO: teach,  us,  Lord,  th3  uncertain  fum- 

of  our  fhort  days  to  mind. 
That  to;  true  wifdom  all  our  hearts 

may  ever  be  kiciin'd. 

.  13.  O  to  thy  fervants,  Lord,  return^ 

and  fpeedily  relent  ! 
As  we  of  our  miideeds,  do  thou 

of  our  jure,  doom  repent. 
14.  To,  fatisfy  and  che-ar  our  fouls^ 

thy  early  mercy  fend  ; 
That  we  may  all  our  days  to  come, 
in  joy  and  comfort  fpend. 

15.  Let; 


1 88         PSAL  M     xc,  xci, 

15.  Let  happy  times  with  large  amends 
dry  up  cur  former  tears, 

Or  equal  at  the  leaft  the  term 
of  our  affiioled  years. 

16.  To  all  thy  fervants,  Lord,  let  this 
thy  wond'rous  work  be  known, 

And  to  our  Offspring  yet  unborn, 
thy  glorious  povv'r  be  mown. 

17.  Let  thy  bright  rays  upon  us  mine) 
give  thou  our  work  fuccefs  ; 

The  glorious  work  we  have  in  hand 
do  thou  voiichfafe  to  blefs. 
PSALM    XCI. 
E  that  has  God  his  guardian  made, 
fhall,  under  the  almighty's  made. 
Secure  and  undiflurb'd  abide. 

2.  Thus  to  my  foul,  of  him  I'll  fay3 
He  is  my  fortrefs  and  my  flay, 

My  God,  in  whom  I  will  confide. 

3.  His  tender  love  and  watchful  care 
Shall  free  thee  from  the  fowler's  mare, 

And  from  the  noiiome  peitilence  : 

4.  He  over  thee  his  wings  mall  frread, 
And  cover  thy  unguarded  head  ; 

His  truth  fhall  be  thy  ftronff  defence. 

5.  No  terrors  that  furprize  by  night, 
Shall  thy  undaunted  courage  fright, 

Nor  deadly  {hafts  that  fly  by  day  ; 

0>  Nor 


H 


PSALM     xci.  189 

!  6.  Nor  plague,  of  unknown  rife,  that  kills 
In  Darkneis?  nor  infectious  ills 
That  in  the  hotteft  feafon  flay. 

7.  A  thoufand  at  thy  fide  fliall  die, 
At  thy  right  hand  ten  thoufand  lie, 

While  thy  firm  health  untouched  remains : 

8.  Thou  only  iha-t  look  on  and  fee 
The  wicked's  fad  cataftrophe, 

And  count  the  miner's  mournful  gains. 

o.   Becaufe  (with  welhplac'd  confidence) 
Thou  mak'ft  the  Lord  thy  fare  defence, 

And  on   the  higheft  doll  rely  ; 
10.   Therefore  no  ill  mail  thee  befal, 
Nor  to  thy  healthful  dwelling  ihall 

Any  infectious  plague  draw  nigh. 

it.  For  he  throughout  thy  happy  days, 
To  keep  thee  fate  in  all  thy  ways, 

Shall  give  his  Angels  ftricl  commands  ; 
i2.Andthey,lei1:  thouihould'il  chancetomeet 
With  fome  rough  {lone  to  wound  thy  £ctt,  ' 

Shall  bear  thee  fafely  in  their  hands. 

1 3.  Dragons  and  Afps  that  third  for  blood, 
And  Lions  roaring  for  their  Food, 

Beneath  his  conqu'ring  fttt  fliall  lie, 

14.  Becaufe  he  lov'd  and  honour'd  me, 
Therefore  (lays  God)  I'll  fet  him  free, 

And  fix  his  crlorious  throne  on  hio-h. 

o  o 

15.  He'll  call  ;  I'll  anfwerwhen  he  calls, 
And  refcue  him  when  ill  befals  ; 

In- 


igo  PSAL  M     xci,  xcii. 

Increafe  his  honour  and  his  wealth  : 
t6.  And  when,  with  undifturb'd  content^ 
His  long  and  happy  life  is  fpent, 

His  end  I'll  crown  with  faving  health, 
P  S  A  L  M    XCII. 
ilT OW  good  and  pleafant  muft  it  be 

Xi  to  thank  the  Lord  moll  high  ; 
And  with  repeated  hymns  of  praife, 

his  name  to  magnify. 
2.  With  ev'ry  morning's  early  dawn, 

his  goednefs  to  relate  ; 
And  of  his  conftant  truth,  each  night 

the  glad  effects  repeat. 

.3.  To  ten-ftring'd  inftruments  we'll  flng, 

with  tuneful  pfalt'ries  join'd, 
And  to  the  harp,  with  foiemn  founds, 

for  facred  ufe  deiign'd. 
4.  For  thro'  thy  wond'rous  works,  O  Lor^ 

thou  mak'ft  my  heart  rejoice  ; 
The  thoughts  of  them  fhall  make  me  glad, 

and  fhout  with  chearful  voice. 

5,6.  How  wond'rous  are  thy  works,  O  Lord! 

how  deep  are  thy  decrees  ! 
Whofe  winding  tracks,  in  fecret  laid, 

no  ftupid  firmer  fees. 
7.  He  little  thinks,  when  wicked  men, 

like  grafs,  look  frefh  and  gay  ; 
How  loon  their  fhort-liv'd  fplendor  muft 

for  ever  pafs  away. 

8,  9,  But 


PSALM     xcii,  xciii.  igt 

•8,  9.  But  thou,  my  God  art  ftill  moft  high  5 

and  all  thy  lofty  foes, 
Who  thought  they  might  fecurely  fin, 

iliall  be  o'erwhelm'd  with  woes. 
10.  Whilft  thou  exalt'ft  my  fov'reign  pow'r^ 

and  mak'ft  it  largely  fpread  ; 
And  with  refreshing  oil  anoint'ft 

my  confecrated  head. 

n.  I  foor,  fhall  fee  my  ftubborn  foes 

to  utter  ruin   brought  ; 
And  hear  the  difmal  end  of  thofe 

who  have  againfl  me  fought. 
1  2.  But  righteous  men,  like  fruitful  palmSj 

fhall  make  a  glorious  mow  ; 
As  cedars  that  on  Lebanon 

in  {lately  order  grow. 

13,  14.  Thefe,  planted  in  the  houfe  of  God* 

within  his  courts  fhall  thrive  ; 
Their  vigour  and  their  lutlre  both 

mall  in  old  age  revive. 
1 5.  Thus  will  the  Lord  his  juftice  fhew  ; 

and  God,  my  ftrong  defence, 
-Shall  due  rewards  to  all  the  world 

impartially  difpenfe. 

'PS  ALM  XCIII. 

With  glory  clad,  withftrength  array'd, 
The  Lord,  thato'erall  nature  reigns, 
The  world's  foundations  flrongiy  laid, 
And  the  vaft  fabrick  ft  ill  fuftains. 

2,  How 


102  PSALM    xciii,    xciv. 

i.  How  furely  ftablifh'd  is  thy  throne  ! 
Which  fhall  no  change  or  period  fee  ; 
For  thou,  O  Lord,  and  thou  alone, 
Art  God  from  all  eternity. 

3,  4.  The  floods,  O  Lord,lift  up  their  voice, 
And  tofs  the  troubled  waves  on  high  -, 
But  God  above  can  ftill  their  noife, 
And  make  the  angry  fea  comply. 
5.  Thy  promife,  Lord,  is  ever  lure, 
And  they  that  in  thy  houfe  would  dwell, 
That  happy  ftation  to  fecure, 
Muft  ftill  in  holinefs  excel. 

PSALM    XCIV. 
*»//\  GOD  to  whom  revenge  belongs, 
i.\J     thy  vengeance  now  difclofe  ; 
Arife,  thou  judge  of  all  the  earth, 

and  crufh  thy  haughty  foes. 
3,4.  How  long,  O  Lord  mail  finful  men 

their  folemn  triumphs  make  ? 
How  long  their  wicked  actions  boaft, 

and  infolently  fpeak  ? 

5,  6.  Not  only  they  thy  faints  opprefs, 

but,  unprovok'd,  they  fpill 
The  widow's  and  the  ftranger's  blood, 

and  helplefs  orphans   kill. 
7.  "  And  yet  the  Lord  fhall  ne'er  perceive, 

(prophanely  thus  they  fpeak) 
"  Nor  any  notice  of  our  deeds 

"  the  God  of  Jacob  take," 

8.  At 


PSALM     xciv. 


*93 


8.  At  length,  ye  ftupid  fools,  your  wants 
endeavour  to  difcern  ; 

In  folly  will  you  ftill  proceed, 
and  wifdom  never  learn  ? 

9,  10.  Can  he  be  deaf  who  fbrai'd  the  ear, 
or  blind  who  fram'd  the  eye  ? 

Shall  earth's  great  Judge  not  punifti  thofe, 
who  his  known  will  defy  ? 

ii.  He  fathoms  all  the  thoughts  ofme% 

to  him  their  hearts  lie  bare  ; 
His  eye  furveys  them  all,  and  fees 

how  vain  their  counfels  are. 

p  a  r  r  ii. 

1 2.  Bleft  is  the  man  whom  thou,  O  Lord* 
in  kindnefs  doft  chaftife, 

And  by  thy  facred  rules  to  walk 
do' ft  lovingly  advife. 

13.  This  man  ihall  reft  andfafety  find 
in  feafons  of  diftrefs  : 

Whilft  God  prepares  a  pit  for  thofe 
that  ftubbornly  tranfgrefs. 

14.  For  God  will  never  from  his  faintf 
his  favour  wholly  take  : 

His  own  pofteffion  and  his  lot, 
he  will  not  quite  foriake. 

15.  The  world  Ihall  then  confefs  thee'juft 
in  all  that  thou  haft  done ; 

And  thofe  that  chufe  thy  upright  ways* 
(hall  in  thofe  paths  go  on. 

I  16-.  Wha 


J  94  PSALM     xciv,  xcv> 

1 6.  Who  will  appeal'  in  my  behalf, 
(when  wicked  men  invade) 

Or  who,  when  iinners  would  opprefs, 
my  righteous  canfe  ihall  plead  ? 

17,  18,  19.  Long  iince  had  I  in  filence  flept, 
but  that  the  Lord  was  near, 

To  fray  me  when  I  nipt  ;  when  fa  J, 
my  troubled  heart  to  chear. 

20.  Wilt  thou,  who  art  a  God  moll  juft, 

their  iinful  throne  fuftain, 
Who  make  the  law  a  fair  pretence 

their  wicked  ends  to  gain  r 
%i.  Againfl  the  lives  of  righteous  men 

they  form  their  clofe  deiign  ; 
And  blood  of  Innocents  to  ipill, 

in  folemn  league  combine. 

22.  But  my  defence  is  firmly  plac'd 
in  God  the  Lord  moft  high  : 

He  is  my  rock,  to  which  I  may 
for  refuge  always  ily. 

23.  The  Lord  lhall  caufe  their  ill  defigns 
on  their  own  heaeis  to  fall  : 

He  in  their  fins  ihall  cut  them  off, 
our  God  mall  flay  them  all. 
PSA  L  M    XCV. 
if^\  Come,  loud  anthems  let  us  fing, 

\J  Loud  thanks  to  our  Almighty  king: 
For  we  our  voices  high  mould  raile, 
When  our  iarvaUon's  rock  we  praife. 

2.  Into 


PSALM    xcv.  195 

a.  Into  his  prefence  let  us  haile, 
To  thank  him  for  his  favours  pail  | 
To  him  addreis  in  joyful  fongs, 
The  praife  that  to  his  name  belongs. 

3.  For  God  the  Lord,  enthron'd  in  irate, 
Is,  with  unrivaPd  glory,  great  c, 

A  king  fuperior  far  to  all, 
Whom  by  his  title  God  we  call. 

4.  The  depths  of  earth  are  in  his  hand, 
Her  fecret  wealth  at  his  command  ; 

The  itxength  of  hills,  that  threat  the  ikies, 
Subjected  to  his  empire  lies. 

5.  The  rolling  ocean's  vail  abyfs 
By  the  fame  fov'reign  right  is  his  : 
'Tis  mov'd  by  his  almighty  hand, 
That  fbrni'd  and  fix'd  the  folid  land, 

6.  O  kt  us  to  his  courts  repair, 
And  bow  with  adoration  there  : 
Down  on  our  knees  devoutly  all 
Before  the  Lord  our  maker  fall. 

7.  For  he's  our  God  our  ihepherd  he, 
His  flock  and  paihire  fheep  are  we. 

If  then  you'll  (like  his  flock)  draw  near, 
To-day  if  you  his  voice  will  hear,' 

8.  Let  not  your  hardened  hearts  renew 
Your  fathers  crimes  and  judgments  too  5 
Nor  here  provoke  my  wrath,  as  they 

In  defert  plains  of  Meribah  ! 

I  «  9.  When 


3g6  PSALM     xcv,  xcvi. 

'9.  When   thro'  the  wildernefs  they  mov'd* 
And  me  with  frefh  temptations  prov'd  : 
They  ftill,  tlirough  unbelief,  rebelled, 
While  they  my    wond'rou^    works  beheld. 
jo, 1 1.  They  forty  years  my  patience  griev'd 
"Th6*  daily  I  their  wants  reiiev'd. 

Then -'Tis  a  faithlefs  race,  I  laid, 

Whofe  heart  from  me  has  always  flray'd  ; 

They  ne'er  will  tread  my  righteous  path  •: 
Therefore  to  them,  in  fettled  wrath, 
Since  they  defpis'd  my  reft,  I  fware, 
That  they  mould  -never  enter  there. 

.   P  S  A  L  M  XCVI. 
irMNG  to  the  Lord  a  new-made  fong  ; 
^3  Le£  earth  i11  one  aflembled  throng, 
Her  common  patron's  praife  refound. 
i.  Sing  to  the  Lord,  and  blefs  his  name, 
From  day  to  day  his  peace  proclaim, 

Who  us  has  withfalvation  crown'd. 
.3.  To  heathen  lands  his  feme  rehearfe, 
His  wonders  to  the  urdveric. 

4.  He's  great,  and  greatly  to  be  prais'd  ; 
In  majefty  and  glory  rais'd 

Above  all  other  deities. 
c.  Tor  pageantry  and  idols  all 
Are  they  whom  gods  the  heathen  call  : 

He  only  rules  who  made  the  fides. 
6.  Witfi  rna'jcuy  and  honour  crown'd, 
BeauJv  and  ftrengtfi  his  throne  furround  ; 
:  '  7.  Be 


P  3  A  L  M  xcvi,  xcvii.  19.7* 

7.  Be  therefore  both  to  him  reftor'd 
By  yon  who  have  falfe  gods  ador'd. 

Afcrlbe  das  honour  to  his  name  ; 

8.  Peace-ofr'rmgs  on  his  altar  lay, 
Before  his  throne  your  homage  pay, 

Which  he,  and  he  alone  can  claim*. 

9.  To  worfhip  at  his  facred  court, 
Let  all  the  treniblin.se  world  reibrt.. 

1  o.  Proclaim  aloud,  Jehovah  reigns, 
Whofe  power  the  univerfe  fuftains, 
And  baniih'd  juftice  will  reft  ore. 

1 1 .  Let  therefore  Heav'n  new  joys  confefs. 
And  heav'nly  mirth  let  earth  exprefs, 

Its  loud  applaufe  the  ocean  roar  ; 
Its  mute  inhabitants  rejoice,. 
And  for  this  triumph  find  a  voice, 

12.  For  joy  let  fertile?  valhes  Ting, 

The  chearful  groves  their  tribute  bring  £ 

The  tuneful  choir  of  birds  awake, 

13.  The  Lord's  approach  to  celebrate, 
Who  now  fits  out  with  awful  ftate, 

His  circuit  through  the  earth  to  take. 
From  Heav'n  to  judge  the  world  he's  come,. 
Witlr  juftice  to  reward  and  doom. 

PSALM     XCVIL. 
l|  EHOVAH  reigns,  let  all  the  earth- 
j      In  his  juft  government  rejoice  y 
Let  all  the  iiles  with  facred  mirth, 
In  his  applaufe  unite  their  voice.. 

2.  Darknefs 


i  g?8  PS  A  L  M     xcviL 

2.  Barknefs  and  clouds 'of  awful  fhade 
His  dazling  glory  mroud  in  Rate; 
Juftice  and  truth  his  guards  are  made, 
And  nx'd  by  his  pavilion  wait. 

3.  Devouring  fire  before  his  face 

His  foes  around  with  vengeance  flruck  ; 

4.  His  lightnings  let  the  world  on   blaze  j 
Earth  faw  it,  and  with  terror  fhook. 

5.  The  pi  ou  deft  lulls  his  prefence  felt, 
Their  height  nor  ftrength  could  iielp  afford* 

5.  The  proudeft  hills  like  wax  did  melt 
In  pi  elcnce  of  th'  almighty  Lord.  . 

6.  The  heav'ns  his  righteoufnefs  to  fhow, 
Willi  ftorms  of  fire  our  foes  purfu'd, 
And  all  the  trembling  world  below, 
Have  his  defcending  glory  view'd. 

7.  Confounded  be  their  impious  hoft,  I 
Who  make  the  gods  to  whom  they  pray  ; 
All  who  of  pageant  idols  boaft, 

To  him.,  ye  gods,  your  worfhip  pay. 

8.  Glad  Sion  of  thy  triumph  heard, 
And  Judah's  daughters  were  o'erjoy'd  ; 
Becaufe  thy  righteous  judgments,  Lord, 
Have  pagan  pride  and  pow'r  deftroy'd. 

9.  For  thou,  O  God,  art  feated  high, 
Above  earth's  potentates  cnthron'd  : 
Thou,  Lord,  unrivall'd  in  the  fky, 
Supreme  by  all  the  God's  art  own'd. 

1  o.  You 


P  S  A  L  M     xcvii,  xcviii.  iq^ 

10.  You  who  to  ferve  this  Lord  afpire, 
Abhor  what's  ill,  and  truth  eft.eem  : 
He'll  keep  his  fervants  fouls  entire, 
And  them  from  wicked  hands  redeem. 
Xi.  For  feeds  are  fown  of  glorious  lights 
A  future  harveil  for  the  jufl  ; 
And  gladnefs  for  the  heart  upright, 
To  recompenfe  its  pious  trufL 

*  2..  Rejoice,  ye  righteous  in  the  Lord  ^ 
Memorials  of  his  holinefs, 
Deep  in  your  faithful  breafts  record, 
And  with  your  thankful  tongues  confefs. 

PSALM    XCVIII. 
1  O  IN.G  to  the  Lord  a  new  made  fong, 

lj|     Wtl°  wond'rous  things  has  done  ; 
With  his  right  hand  and  holy  arm, 

the  conqueft  he  has  won. 

2.  The  Lord  has  thro'  th3   aftonim'd  world; 
difplay'd  his  faving  might, 

And  made  his  righteous  acts  appear 
in  all  the  heathen's  fight. 

3.  Of  Ifr'el's  houfe  his  love  and  truth. 
have  ever  mindful  been  ; 

Wide  earth'-s  remoteft  parts  the  pow'r 
of  Intel's  God  have  feen. 

4.  Let  therefore  earth's  Inhabitants 
their  chearful  voices  raife, 

And  all  with  univerfal  joy 
refaund  their  maker's  praife. 

■  5.  With- 


■zoo         PSALM     xcvhi,  xcix. 

5.  With  harps  and  hymns  foft  melody 
into  the  confort  bring, 

6.  The  trumpet  and  fhrill  cornet's  found 
before  th'  almighty  king. 

7.  Let  the  loud  ocean  roar  her  joy, 
with  all  that  feas  contain  ; 

The  earth  and  her  inhabitants 
join  confort  with  the  main. 

8.  With  joy  let  riv'lets  fvvell  to  ilreams, 
to  fpreading  torrents  they  ; 

And  ecchoing  vales,  from  hill  to  hill, 

redoubled  mouts  convey  ; 
9. To  welcome  down  the  world's  great  Judge, 

who  does  with  juftice  come, 
Aid,  with  impartial  equity, 

both  to  reward  and  doom. 

P  S  A  L  M     XCIX. 
iTEHOVAH  reigns,  let  therefore  all 
jj    the  guilty  nations  quake  ; 
On  cherubs  wings  he  fits  enthron'd  : 

let  earth's  foundations  (hake. 

2.  On  Sion's  hill  he  keeps  his  court, 
his  palace  makes  her  tow'rs  ; 

Yet  thence  his  fov'rei^ntv  extends 
fupreme  o'er  earthly  pow'rs. 

3.  Let  therefore  all  with  praife  addrefs 
his  great  and  dreadful  name, 

And  with  his  unrefrfted  might 
his  holinefs  proclaim. 

4.  For 


P  S   i  L  M     xcix.  20 1 

4.  For  truth  and  juflice,  in  his  reign, 
of  urength  and  pow'r  take  place  : 

His  Judgments  are  with  right eoufnefs . 
difpens'd  to  Jacob's  race. 

5.  Therefore  exalt  the  Lord  our  God5 
before  his  footflool  fall ; 

And  with   his  unrehXted  might,, 
his  holinefs  extol. 

6.  Mofes  and  Aaron  thus  of  old,, 
amongft  his  priefts  ador'd  ; 

Amongft  his  Prophets  Samuel  thus,, 
his  facred  name  implor'd. 

Diftrefs'd,  upon  the  Lord  they  call'd3, 

who  ne'er  their  fuit  deny'd  ; 
But,  as  with  rev'rence  they  implor'd, 

he  gracioufly  reply'd. 

7.  For,  with  their  camp,  to  guide  their  march 
the  cloudy  pillar  mov'd  : 

They  kept  his  laws,  and  to  his  will; 
obedient  fervants  prov'd. 

8.  He  anfwer'd  them,  forgiving  oft 
his  people  for  their  fake  ; 

And  thofe  who  rafhly  them  oppos'd 
did  fad  examples  make. 

9.  With  worihip  at  his  facred  courts 
exalt  our  God  and  Lord  ; 

For  he,  who  only  holy  is, 
alone  fhall  be  ador'd. 

I.    5  P  S  Ah  LI 


202  P  S  A  L  M     c,  ci. 

P  S  A  L  M    C. 
i"W"YTITH    one  confent  let  all  the  earth 
i  YY   To  God  their  chearful  voices  raiie  ; 
Glad  homage  pay  with  awful  mirth,     . 
And  ling  before  him  fongs  of  praife. 
5.  Convinc'd  that  he  is  God  alone, 
From  whom  both  we  and  all  proceed  \ 
We,  whom  he  chufes  for  his  own, 
The  flock  which  he  vouchfafes  to  feed, 

4.  O  enter  then  his  temple  gate, 
Thence  to  his  courts  devoutly  pgrfefid^ 
And  ft  ill  your  grateful  hymns  iepea»:> 
And  flill  his  name  with  praifcs  hi efe. 

5.  For  he's  the  Lord  fuprcmely  good, 
His  mercy  is  for  ever  fure  ; 

His  truth,  winch"  all  times  firmly  Rood, 
To  endiefs  ages  mall  endure. 
P  S  A  L  M]  t  CI. 

OF  mercy's  never-failing  fpring, 
And  ftedfaft  judgment  I  will  ling  ; 
And  iince  they  both  to  thee  belong. 
To  thee,  O  Lord,  addrefs  my  fong. 
-2.  When,  Lord,  thcufhalt  with  me  rcfJ.de, 
Wife  discipline  my  reign  fha8  guide  ; 
With  blamelefs  life  myfelf  I'll  make 
A  pattern  for  my  court  to  tatfe 

3 .  No  ill  defign  will  I  purfuc, 

Nor  thofe  my  fav'rites  make  that  dp. 

.r.  Who  to  reproof  has  no  regard, 

Him  will  I  totally  cjifcard.  5*  The 


F  $  '&"  £  Sf    ci,  cii.  203 

^.  The  private  flanderer  mail  be 
In  publick  juftice  doom'd  by  me  :. 
From  haughty  looks  I'll  turn  ahde, 
And  mortify  the  heart  of  pride. 

6.  But  honefty,  call' d  from  her  cell, 
In  fplendor  at  my  court  mall  dwell : 
Whofe  virtue's  practice  make  their  care?. 
Shall  have  the  firft  preferments  there..   < 

7.  No  politicks  mail  recommend 
His  country's  foe  to  be  my  friend  : 
None  e'er  mall  to  my  favour  rife 
By  flatt'ring  or  malicious  lies. 

8.  All  thofe  who  wicked  courfes  take, 
An  early  facrifice  i'H  make  $ 

Cut  off,  deftroy,  'till  none  remain 
God's  holy  city  to  prophane. 

PSALM     CII. 
ill  THEN  I  pour  out  my  foul  inpray'r, 

V V     do  thou,  O  Lord,  attend  y 
To  thy  eternal  throne  of  grace, 

let  my  fad  cry  afcend. 
s,  O  hide  not  thou  thy  glorious  face 

in  times  of  deep  diflreis  : 
Incline  thine  ear,  and  when  I  call, 

my  f orrows  foon  redrefs. 

3,  Each  cloudy  portion  of  my  life 

like  fcatter'd  fmoke  expires  ; 
My  fhrivel'd  bones  are  like  a  hearth 

that's  parch'd  with  conftant  fires* 

4.  My 


lex*.  PSALM     cii. 

4.  My  heart,  like  grafi  that  feels  the  blafl 
of  feme  infectious  wind, 

Does  languifh  fo  with  grief,  that  fcarce 
my  needful  food  I  mind* 

5.  By  reafon  of  my  fad  eitatc. 

I  fpend  my  breath  in  groans  : 
My  flefli  is  worn  away,  my  (kin 
fcarce  hides  my  flatting  bones* 

6.  I'm  like  a  pelican  become, 
that  docs  in  defarts  mourn  : 

Or  like  an  owl  that  fits  all  day 
on  barren  trees  forlorn, 

7.  In  watchings,  or  in  reiileis  dreanjs 
the  night  by  me  is  fpent, 

As  by  thofe  folitary  birds 

that  lonefome  roofs  frequent. 

8 .  All  day  by  railing  foes  I'm  made 
the  fubject  of  their  fcorn  ; 

Who  all  poiTefs'd  with  furious  rage, 
have  my  ckftruciion  fworn. 

9.  When  grov'ling  on  the  ground  I  lie, 
.opprefs'd  with  grief  and  fears, 

My  bread  is  ilrew'd  with  allies  o'er, 
my  drink  is  mix'd  with  tears. 

10.  Becaufe  on  me  with  double  weight 
thy  heavy  wrath  doth  lie  : 

For  thou,  to  make  my  fall  more  great, 
didft  lift  me  up  on  high. 


u,  My 


PSALM     ciL  205 

11.  My  days  juft  haft'ning  to  their  end, 
are  )ike  an  ev'ning  made  : 

My  beauty  does,  like  wither'd  grafs, 
with  waning  Juilre  fade. 

12.  But  thy  eternal  ftate,  O  Lord, 
no  length  of  time  mall  wane  : 

The  mem'ry  of  thy  wondYous  works 
from  age  to  age  mall  laft. 

13.  Thou  ilialt  arife,  and  Sion  view 
with  an  unclouded  face  : 

For  now  her  time  is  come,  thy  own 
appointed  day  of  grace. 

14.  Her  fcatter'cl  ruins,  by  thy  faints 
with  pity  are  furvey'd  : 

They  grieve  to  fee  her  lofty  fpires 
in  dure  and  rubbifh  laid. 

15.  16.  The  name  and  glory  of  the  Lord 
all  heathen  kin^s  fha!l  fear  ; 

o 

When  he  fhtail  Sion  build  again, 

and  in  full  ftate  appear. 
1.7,  18.  When  he  regards  the  poor's  reque(r, 

nor  flights  their  earn  ell  pray'r  ; 
Cur  fons  for  this  recorded  grace, 

mail  his  juft  praife  declare. 

19.  For  God  from  his  abode  on  high, 

his  gracious  beams  difplay'd  : 
The  Lord,  from  heav'n,  Ills  lofty  throne>_ 

iiath  all  the  earth  fur vey'd. 

20,  He 


2o6  PS4LM     cii. 

%p.  He  li-r/ned  to  the  captives'  moans,, 

he  heard  their  mournful  cry, 
And  freed,  by  his  refill!  efs  pow'r, 

the  wretches  doom'd  to  die. 

21.  That  they,  inSion  where  he  dwells,, 
might  celebrate  his  fame, 

And  through  the  holy  city  fing. 
loud  praifes  to  his  name. 

22.  When  all  the  tribes  aifembling  there, 
their  folemn  vows  addrefs, 

And  neighboring  lands,  with  glad   confent, 
the  Lord  their  God  confefs. 

23.  But  e'er  my  race  is  run,   my  flrength, 
through  his  fierce  wrath  decays  ; 

He  has,  when  all  my  wiihes  bloom' d, 
cut  fhort  my  hopeful  days. 

24.  Lord,  end  not  thou  my  life,  faid  I, 
when  half  is  fcarcely  paft  : 

Thy  years  from,  worldly  changes  free, 
to  endlefs  ages  lafL 

25.  The  flrong  foundations  of  the  earth 
of  old  by  thee  were  laid  ; 

Thy  hands  the  beauteous  arch  of  Heav'n,. 
with  wond'rous  fkill,  have  made  : 

26.  27.  Whilift  thou  for  ever  fhalt  endure, 
they  foon  fhall  pafs  away  ; 

And  like  a  garment  often  worn, 
fhall  tarniih  and  decay. 

Like 


PSALM     cii,    ciii.  207' 

Like  that,  when  thou  ordain'ft  their  change^ 

to  thy  command  they  bend  : 
But  thou  continu'il  ftill  the  fame, 

nor  have  thy  years  an  end, 
2.8.  Thou  to  the  children  of  thy  faints 

{hall  lafting  quiet  give  ; 
Whofe  happy  race,  fecurely  nVd, 

fhall  in  thy  prefence  live. 

P  S  A  L  M    cm. 

1 ,1%  /IT  foul,  infpir'd  with  facred  love, 
2-A.  ¥  JL   God's  holy  name  for  ever  blefs  y 
Of  all  his  favours  mindful  prove, 
And  ftill  thy  grateful  thanks  exprefs. 
3,  4.  }Th  he  that  all  our  fins  forgives, 
And  after  iicknefs  makes  me  found  : 
From  danger  he  thy  life  retrieves, 
By  him  with  grace  and  mercy  crown'd. 

$,6*  He  with  good  things  my  mouth  fupplies* 
My  vigor,  eagle-like,  renews  : 
He,  when  the  guiltlefs  fufPrer  cries^ 
His  foe  with  juft  revenge  purfues. 

7.  God  made  of  old  his  righteous  ways. 
To  Moies  and -our  fathers  known.  ; 

His  works  to.  his  eternal  praife. 
Were  to  thefons  of  Jacob  fhown. 

8.  The  Lord  abounds  with  tender  love,. 
And.  unexampled  aclis  of  grace  : 

His  waken7  d  wrath  does  flowly  move, 
His  willing  mercy  flows  apace. 

9,  10,  God' 


*g3  P  S  A  L  M     ciii. 

9.    10.   God  will  not  always   lurfhly  chide, 
But  with  his  anger  quickly  part  ; 
And  loves  his  punifhments  to  guide, 
More  by  his  loVe  than  our  defert. 

11.  As  high  as  heav'n  its  arch  extends 
Above  this  little  ipot  of  clay  ; 

So  much  his  boundleis  love  tranfcends 
The  Imaii  refpects  that  we  can  pay. 

12,  13.   As  far  as  'tis  from  ealt  to  weft, 
So  far  has  he  our  fins  remov'd, 

Who  with  a  father's  tender  breaft 
Has  iuch  as  fear  him  always  lov'd. 

14,  15.  For  God,  who  all  our  frame  furveys> 

Confiders  that  we  are  but  clay  : 

How  frefh  ibe'er  we  fcem,  our  days 

Like  grafs  or  flow'rs  mull  fade  away  : 

16.  17.  Wliillt  they  areniptwithfudden  blaffs 

Nor  can  we  find  their  former  place ; 

God's  faithful  mercy  ever  lafts, 

To  thofe  that  fear  him,  and  their  race. 

:   iS.  Thisfhall  attend  onTuch  as  ftill 

Proceed  in  his  appointed  way  ; 
:  And  who  not  only  know,  his  will, 

But  to  it  juft  obedience  pay. 

10,   20.  The  Lord,  the  univerfal  king, 

In  heav'n  has  fix'd  his  lofty  throne  : 

To  him,  ye  angels,  praifes  ling. 

In  whole  great  ftrengtH  his  pow'r  is  mown. 

Ye 


PSALM    ciii,    civ.  209, 

Ye  that  his  juft  commands  obey, 
And  hear  and  do  his  facred  will  z 

2 1 .  Ye  hofts  of  his  this  tribute  pay-, 
Who,  Hill  what  he  ordains  fulfil. 

22.  Let  ev'ry  creature  jointly  bleft 
The  mighty  Lord  :  and  thou,  my  hearty 
With  greatfuljoy  thy  thanks  exprefs, 
And  in  this  conforc  hear  thy  part., 

P  S  A  L  M     CtV. 
LESS  God,  my  foul ;  thou.,  Lord,aloner 
PoiTeiTeft  empire  without  bounds, 
With  honour  thou  art  crown'd,  thy  throne. 
Eternal  majefty  f unrounds. 

2.  With  light  thou  doit  thy felf  enrobe, 
And  glory  for  a  garment  take  ; 
Heav'n's  curtains  111  etch,  beyond  the  globe3 
Thy  canopy  of  ftate  to  make. 

3.  God  builds  on  liquid  air,  and  forms 
His  palace  chambers  in  the  ikies  ; 

The  clouds  his  chariots  are,  and  ftorms 
The  fwiit-wing'd  fteeds  with  which  he  flies 

4.  As  bright  as  flame,  as  iwire  as  wind. 
His  minifters  heav'n's  palace  fill, 

To  have  their  iundry  tafks  atllgn'd  : 
All  proud  to  ierve  their  fov'rer~n's  will., 

5.  6.  Earth  on  her  centure  fixji,  he  fet,. 
Her  face  with  waters  overfpread  ; 

Nor  proud  eft  mountains  dar'd  as  yet, 
To  lift  above  the  waves  their  head. 

7.  But 


2io  P  S  A  L  M     civ. 

7.  But  when  thy  awful  face  appeared', 
Th'  in  fill  ting  waves  difpers'd  ;  they  fled 
"When  once  thy  thunder's  voice  they  heaxxL 
And  by  their  hafte  confefskl  their  dread 

8.  Thence  up  by  fecret  tracks  they  creep, 
And  gufhing  from,  the  mountain's  lide, 
Thro'  vajlies  travel  to  the  deep, 
Appointed  to  receive  their  tide. 

9.  There  hail  thou  iix'd  the  ocean's  bounds, 
The  threat'ning  furges  to  repel  ; 

That  they  no  more  o'erpafs  their  mounds,; 
Nor  to  a  fecond  deluge  fwelL 
P  A  R  T    II. 

10.  Yet  thence  in  imaller  parties  drawn,. 
The  fea  recovers  her  Ml  hills  ; 

And  flarting  fp rings  from  ev'ry  lawn> 
Surprize  the  vales  with  plenteous  rills. 

1 1.  The  fields  tame  beads  are  thither  led, 
Weary  with  labour,  faint  with  drought  ; 
And  aires  on  wild  mountains  bred, 

Have  fenfe  to  find  thefe  currents  out* 

1 2.  There  (hady  trees  from  fcorching  beams. 
Yield  fhelter  to  the  feather'd  throng  ; 
They  drink,  and  to  the  bounteous  dreams-. 
Return  the  tribute  of  their  fong. 

13.  His  rains  from  heav'n.  parch'd  hills  re- 
That  ibon  traafmit  the  liquid  ftore  ;  [cruit, 
*Till  earth  is  burthen'd  with  her  fruit, 
And  nature's  lap  can  hold  no  more. 

14.  Grafs,. 


PSALM     civ.  211 

14.  Grafs,  for  our  cattle  to  devour, 
He  makes  the  growth  of  ev'ry  field  ; 
Herbs,  for  man's  ufe,  of  various  pow'r, 
That  either  food  or  phyfick  yield. 

15.  With  clufter'd  grapes  he  crowns  the  vine 
To  chear  man's  heart ,  opprefl  with  cares  -f 
Gives  oil  that  makes  his  face  to  mine  ; 
And  corn,  that  wafted  ftrength  repairs. 

PART    III.  ■ 

16.  The  trees  of  God.  without  the  care>. 
Or  art  of  man,  with  fap  are  fe^  ; 

The  mountain  cedar  looks  as  fair. 
As  tho-fe  in  royal  gardens  bred,.     - 

17.  Safe  in  the  lofty  cedar's  arms 
The  wand'rers  of  the  air  may  reft  j 
The  hofpitable  pine  from.  harms- 
Protects  the  ftork,  her  pious  guelh 

18.  Wild  goats  the  craggy  rock  afcend, 
Its  tow'ring  heights  their  forLTefs  make,, 
Whofe  cells  in  Labyrinths  extend, 
Where  feebler  creatures  refuge  take. 

19.  The  moon's  inconftant  afpect  mows 
Th'  appointed  feafons  of  the  year  ; 
Th'  initrucled  Sun  his  duty  knows, 
His  hours  to  rife  and  difappear. 

20,2 1  .Darknefs  he  makes  the  earth  to  ftirouct, 
When  foreft-beafts  fecurely  flray  ; 
Young  lions  roar  their  wants  aloud 
To  providence,  that  fends  them  prey. 

22,  They 


212  P  S  A  L  M     dv. 

22.  They  range  all  night,  on  {laughter  h 
'Till  fummon'd  by  the  riling  morn, 
To  fkulk  in  dens,  with  one  confent, 
The  confcious  ravagefs  return. 

23.  Forth  to  the  tillage  of  his  foil* 
The  frufbandmari  fecurely  goes, 
Commencing  with  the  fun  his  toil,^ 
With  Mm  returns  to  hisrepofe. 

2 4. How  various,  Lord,  thy  Worksarefound  ; 
For  which,  thy  wiidom.  we  adore  ! 
The  earth  is  with  thy  treaiare  crown'd,  . 
'Till  nature's  hand  can  grafp  no  more. 

P  A  RJT      IV. 
25..   But  ftill,  the  vail'  unfathom'd  main 
Of  wonders  a  newicene  fupplies, 
Whofe  depths  inhabitants  contain, 
Of  ev'ry  form  and  ev'ry  ilze. 
26.  Full-freighted  ihips  from  ev'ry  port, 
There  cut  their  unmolefted  way  ; 
Leviathan,  whom  there  to  {port 
Thou  mad'ft,  has  compafs  there  to  play. 

27.  Thefe  various  troops  of  lea  and  land* 
In  fenfe  of  common  want  agree  : 

All  wait  on  thy  difpenfing  hand. 
And  have  their  daily  almsfi  >m  thee. 

28.  They  gather  what  thy  ilores  dhperfc, 
Without  their  trouble  to  provide: 
Thou  op'ft  thy  hand,  the  univerfe, 

The  craving  world  is  all  iupply'd. 

29.  Thou 


P  S  A  L  M 


213 


29.  Thou  for  a  moment  hid 'ft  thy  face, 
The  num'rous  ranks  of  creatures  mourn  : 
Thou  tak'ft  their  breath,  all   nature's  race 
Forthwith  to  mother  earth  return. 

30.  Again  thou  fend'ft  thy  fpirit   forth 
T'infpire  the  mafs  with  vital  ieed  ; 
Nature's  reftor'd,  and  parent-earth 
Smiles  on  her  new-created  breed 

3 1 .  Thus  through  fuccemve  ages  flands 
Firm  fix'd  thy  providential  care  ; 

Pleas' d  with  the  work  of  thy  own  hands, 
Thou  doft  the  waftes  of  time  repair. 

32.  One  look  of  thine,  one  wrathful  look, 
Earth's  panting  breaft  with  terror  fills  ; 
One  touch  from  thee,  with  clouds  of  imoak, 
In  darknefs  fhrouds  the  proudeft  hills. 

33.  In  praifmg  God,  while  he  prolongs 
My  breath,  I  will  that  breath  employ  -y 

34.  And  join  devotion  to  my  fongs 
Sincere,  as  in  him  is  my  joy  : 

35.While  frrmers  from  earth's  face  are  hurl'd 
My  foul,  praiie  thou  his  holy  name, 
'Till  with  my  fong,  the  lift'ning  world 
Join  confort,  and  his  praife  proclaim 

PS  A  L  M    CV. 
1  $T\  Render  thanks  andblefs  the  Lord  ; 
\^Jr     invoke  his  facred  name  ; 
Acquaint  the  nation  with  his  deeds, 
his  matchlefs  deeds  proclaim, 

2.  Sing 


fci4  PSALM     cv, 

2.  Sing  to  his  praife,  in  lofty  hymns 
his  wondrous  works  rehearfe  ; 

Make  them   the  theme  of  your  difcourfe 
and  fubject  of  your  verfe. 

3.  Rejoice  in  his  almighty  name, 
alone  to  be  ador'd  ; 

And  let  their  hearts  o'erflow  with  joy, 
that  humbly  feek  the  Lord. 

4.  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  his  faving  ftrength 
devoutly  fiill  implore  5 

And  where  he's  ever  prefent,  feek 
his  face  for  evermore. 

5.  The  wonders  that  his  hands  have  wrought, 
keep  thankfully  in  mind  ; 

The  righteous  ilatutes  of  his  mouth, 
and  laws  to  us  aflign'd. 

6.  Know  ye  his  fervant  Abr'am's  feed, 
and  Jacob's  chofen  race, 

7.  He's  flill  our  God,  his  Judgments  {till 
throughout  the  earth  take  place. 

8.  His  cov'nant  he  hath  kept  in  mind 
for  num'rous  ages  pail:, 

Which  yet  for  thoufand  ages  more, 
in  equal  force  ihall  lafr. 

9.  Firft  fign'd  to  Abr'am,  next  by  oath 
to  Ifaac  made  fecure  ; 

io.  To  Jacob  and  his  heirs  a  law 
for  ever  to  endure  : 

1 1%  That 


PSAL  M    xc. 


215 


1 i.  That  Canaan's  land  mould  be  their  lot9 
when  yet  but  few  they  were  : 

12.  But  lev/  in  number,  and  thofe  few 
all  friendiefs  ftrangers  there. 

13.  In  pilprimage,  from  realm  to  realm, 
fecurely  they  remov'd  ; 

1 4.  Whihi:  proudeft  monarchs  for  their  fakes, 
feverely  he  reprov'd  : 

15.  "  Thefe  mine  anointed  are,  faid  he, 
si  let  none  my  fervants  wrong, 

%i  Nor  treat  the  pooreft  prophet  ill, 
"  that  does  to  me  belong." 

1 6.  A  dearth  at  laft,  by  his  command, 
did  through  the  land  prevail  ; 

'Till  corn,  the  chief  fupport  of  life, 
fuftaining  corn  did  fail. 

1 7.  But  his  indulgent  providence 
had  pious  Jofeph  fent, 

Sold  into  Egypt,  but  their  death 
who  fold  him  to  prevent. 

1 8.  His  feet  with  heavy  chains  were  crufh'd, 
with  calumny  his  fame  ; 

19.  'Till  God's  appointed  time  and  word 
to  his  deliv'rance  came* 

20.  The  king  his  fov'reign  order  fent  ; 
and  refcu'd  him  with  fpeed  ; 

Whom  private  malice  had  confin'd, 
the  peoples  ruler  freed. 

Q.I.  His 


2i6  PSALM    cv> 

%%,  His  court,  revenues,  realms,  were  all 
fubjected  to  his  will ; 

22.  His  great  eft  princes  to  controul, 
and  teach  his  liatefmen  ikill. 

PA  R  T    II. 

23.  To  Egypt  then,  invited  gueft, 
half-famiih'd  Ifr'el  came  ; 

And  Jacob  held,  by  royal  grant, 
the  fertile  foil  of  Ham. 

24.  Th'  almighty  there  with  fucli  increafe 
his  people  multiply'd, 

'Till  with  their  proud  opprefTors  they 
in  ftrength  and  number  vy'd. 

25.  Their  vaft  increafe  th'  Egyptian  hearts 
with  jealous  anger  fir'd, 

'Till  they  his  fervants  to  deftroy 
by  treach'rous  arts  confpir'd. 

26.  His  fervant  Mofes  then  he  fent, 
his  chofen  Aaron  too  ; 

27.  Empower' d  with  iigns  and  miracles 
to  prove  their  miffion  true. 

28.  He  calPd  for  darknefs,  darknefs  came, 
nature  his  fummons  knew  ; 

29.  Each  ftream  and  lake,  transform'd  to 
the  wand'ring  fifhes  flewT.  [Blood, 

30.  In  putrid  floods,  throughout  the  land, 
the  peft  of  frogs  was  bred  ; 

From  noifome  fens  fent  up  to  croak 
at  Pharaoh's  board  and  bed. 

31.  H* 


PSALM    cr,  £17 

7 1 .  He  gave  the  fign,  and  fwarms  of  flics 

came  down  in  cloudy  hofts  ; 
Whilft  earth's  enliven'd  dull  below 

bred  lice  through  all  their  coafts. 

32.  He  fent  them  batt'ring  hail  for  rain,    " 
and  fire  for  cooling  dew. 

33.  He  fmote  their  vines,  and  foreft  plants^ 
and  garden's  pride  o'erthrew. 

34.  He  fpake  the  word,  and  locufts  came, 
and  caterpillers  join'd ; 

They  prey'd  upon  the  poor  remains 
the  ftorm  had  left  behind. 

35.  From  trees  to   herbage  they  defcend, 
no  verdent  thing  they  fpare  5 

But  like  the  naked  fallow  field, 
leave  all  the  paftures  bare. 

36".  From  fields  to  villages  and  towns, 
commiflion'd  vengeance  flew  ; 

One  fatal  ftroke  their  eldeft  hopes 
and  ftrength  of  Egypt  flew. 

37.  He  brought  his  fervants  forth,  enrich'd 
with  Egypt's  borrowed  wealth  ; 

Andwhat  tranfcends  all  treafures  el£, 
enrich' d  with  vig'rous  health. 

38.  Egypt  rejoic'd,  in  hopes  to  find 
her  plagues  with  them  removM  ; 

Taught  dearly  now  to  fear  worfc  Ills 
by  thofe  already  prov*d, 

E  39.  Their 


2i8  PSALM    cv,     cvi. 

39.  Their  flirouding  canopy  by  day 
a  journeying  cloud  was  fpread  : 

A  jiery  pillar  all  the  night 
their  delart  marches  led. 

40.  They  long'd  for  flefh  ;  with  ev'ning 
he  furnifh'd  ev'ry  tent  :  [Quails 

From  heav'n's  own  granary,   e&th  morn, 
the  bread  of  angels  lent. 

41.  He  fmote  the  rock  ;  whofe  flinty  breail 
pour'd  forth  a  guihing  tide, 

Whofe  flowing  ftream,where'er  theymarch'd 
the  defart's   drought  fupply'd. 

42.  For  {till  he  did  on  abr'am's  faith 
and  ancient  league  reflect  : 

43.  lie  brought  his  people  forth  with  joy, 
with  triumph  his  elect. 

44.  Quite  rooting  out  their  heathen  foes 
from  Canaan's  fertile  foil, 

To  them  in  cheap  poiTefllon  gave 
the  fruit  of  others  toil  : 

45.  That  they  his  ftatutes  might  obi'trrve, 
his  facred  laws  obey, 

For  benefits  fo  vaft,  let  us 
our  fongs  of  praife  repay. 
PSALM     CVl. 
1  /^Render  thanks  to  God  above,  • 
\^/   The  fountain  of  eternal  love   9 
Whofe  mercy  firm  through  ages  paft 
Has  itood,  and  fhall  for  ever  kit. 

a.  Who 


P  S   A.  L  M    cvi.  -219  \ 

%.  Who  can  his  mighty  deeds  exprefs, 
Not  only  yaft,  but  numberlefs  ? 
What  mortal  eloquence  can  raife, 
His  tribute  of  immortal  praife  ? 

3.  Happy  are  they,  and  only  they, 
Who  from  thy  Judgments  never  ftray  : 
Who  know  what's  right  ;  nor  only  fo, 
But  always  practice  what  they  know. 

4.  Extend  to  me  that  favour,  Lord, 
Thou  to  thy  chofen  do' ft  afford  : 
When  thou  return'ft  to  fet  them  free. 
Let  thy  falvation  vifit  me. 

3.  O  may  I  worthy  prove  to  fee 
Thy  faints  in  full  prosperity  ; 
That  I  the  joyful  choir  may  join, 
And  count  thy  people's  triumph  mine 

6.  But  ah  !  can  we  expect  fuch  grace, 
Of  parents  vile,  the  vikr  race  ; 
Who  their  mifdeeds  have  acted  o'er, 
And  with  new  crimes  in creas'd  the  fcore  ? 

7.  In  grateful,  they  no  longer  thought 
Of  all  his  works  in  Egypt  wrought  j 
The  red  fea  they  no  fooner  view'd, 
But  they  their  bafe  diftrult  renew'd. 
S.  Yet  he,  to  vindicate  his  name,    ' 
Once  more  to  their  deliv'rance  came, 
To  make  his  fov'reign  pow'r  be  known, 
That  he  is  God,  and  he  alone. 

&  %  q.  To 


no  PSALM     cvi. 

9.  To  right  and  left,  at  his  command, 
The  parting  deep  difclos'd  her  fand  ; 
Where  firm  and  dry  the  paflage  lay, 
As  through  fome  parch'd  and  defart  way. 
1  o.  Thus  refcu'd  from  their  foes  they  were 
Who  clofely  prefs'd  upon  their  rear, 

11.  Whoferage  purfu'd'em  to  thofe  waves 
That  prov'd  the  ra£h  purfuers  graves. 

12.  The  watry  mountains  hidden  fall 
O'erwhelmM  proud  Pharaoh,  hofl  and  all, 
This  proof  did  ftupid  Ifr'cl  move 

To  own  God*s  truth,  and  praife   his  love. 

PART    II. 

13.  But  foon  thefe   wonders  they  forgot 
And  for  his  counfcl  waited  not ; 

14.  But  lulling  in  the  wildernefs, 
Did  him  with  frefh  temptations  prefs. 

15.  Strong  food  at  their  requeil  he  knt, 
But  made  their  fin  their  pumihment. 

1 6.  Yet  ftill  his  faints  they  did  oppofe, 
The  priefl  and  prophet  whom  he  chofe, 

17.  But  earth,  the  quarrel  to  decide, 
Her  vengeful  jaws  extended  wide, 
Ram  Dathan  to  her  centre  drew, 
With  proud  Abiram's  faclious  crew. 

18.  The  reft  of  thofe  who  did  confpire 
To  kindle  wild  fedition's  fire, 

With  all  their  impious  train %  became 
A  prey  to  heav'n's  devouring  flame. 

19.  Near 


PSALM     cvi.  221 

29.  Near  Horeb's  mount,  a  calf  they  made3 
And  to  the  molten  Image  pray'd  ; 
20.  Adoring  what  their  hands  did  frame> 
They  chang'd  their  glory  to  their  fhame. 
2 1   Their  God  and  Saviour  they  forgot, 
And  all  his  works  in  Egypt  wrought ; 
22.  His  iigns  in  Ham's  aftonim'd  coaft, 
And  where  proud  pharaoh's  troops  were  loft, 

2.3.  Thus  urg'dj  his  vengeful  hand  he  rear*cU 
But  Mofes  in  the  breach  appear'd  ; 
The  faints  did  for  the  rebels  pray, 
And  turned  heav'n*s  kindled  wrath  away. 
24,25.  Yet  they  his  pleafant  land  defpis^ 
Nor  his  repeated  promife  priz'd. 
Nor  did  th'  almighty*s  voice  obey  ; 
But  when  God  faid,  go-up9  would  ftay. 

2 6, 2  7. This  feal'd  their  doom ,with out  redrefe 
To  perifh  in  the  wildernefs  ; 
Or  elfe  to  be  by  heathen   hands 
O'erthrown  and  fcatter'd  thro'  the  lands. 
PART       III. 

28.  Yet  unreclaim'd,  this   frubborn  race 
Baal  peor's  wTorlhip  did  embrace  ; 
Became  his  impious  gueils,  and  fed 

On  lacrifices  to  the  dead. 

29.  Thus  they  perfiftedto  provoke 
God*s  vengance  to  the  final  ftroke. 
*Tis  come  : —  the  deadly  peft  is  come 
To  execute  their  gen'ral  doom. 

3.0.  But 


lit  PSALM     cvi. 

30  But  Phinehas  fir'd  with  holy  rage, 
(Th'  almighty  vengeance  to  affuage) 
Did*  by  two  bold  offenders  fall, 
Th'  atonement  make  that  ranlbm'd  all. 

31.  As  him  a  heav'nly  zeal  had  mov'd, 
80  heav'n  the  zealous  act  approv'd  ; 
To  him  confirming  and  his  race, 

The  priefthood  he  fo  well  did  grace. 

32.  At  M  eribah  God's  wrath  they  mov'd, 
Who  Mofcs  for  their  lakes  reprov'd  ; 

33.  Whofe  patient  foul  they  did  provoke, 
'  rill  raihly  the  meek  prophet  ipoke. 

34.  Nor  when  poflefs'd  of  Canaan's  land, 
1  >id  they  perform  their  lord's  command, 
Nor  his  commifiion'dfword  employ 

The  guilty  nations  to  deftroy. 

35.  Nor  onlyfpar'd  the  Pagan  crew, 
But  mingling  learnt  their  vices  too  ; 

36.  And  worfhip  to  thofe  idols  paid, 
Which  them  to  fatal  fnares  betray 'd. 

37.  38-  To  devils  they  did  facrifice 
Their  children  with  relentlefs  eyes  ; 
Approach'd  their  altars  thro'  a  flood 

Of  their  own  fons  and  daughters  blood. 

No  cheaper  victims  would  appeafe 
Canaan's  remorfelefs  deities  ; 
No  blood  her  Idols  reconcile, 
But  that  which  did  the  land  defile. 

PART 


PSALM    cvi.  223 

FART    IV. 

39.  Nor  did  tliefe  favage  cruelties 
The  harden'd  leprobates  fuffice  ;' 
For  after  their  hearts  lufts  they  went, 
And  daily  did  new  crimes  invent. 

40.  But  fins  of  fuch  infernal  hue 
'God's  wrath  againft  his  people  drew, 

'Till  he,  their  once  indulgent  Lord, 
His  own  Inheritance  abhor'd. 

41.  He  them  defencelefs  did  expofe 
To  their  infulting  heathen  foes  ; 
And  made  them  on  the  triumphs  wait, 
Of  thofe  who  bore  them  greateft  hate. 

42.  Nor  thus  his  Indignation  ceas'd  5 
Their  lift  of  tyrants  he  increas'd, 

'Till  they,  who  God's  mild  fway  declin'd. 
Were  made  the  Vaflals  of  mankind. 

43.  Yet,  when  diflrefs'd,  they  did  repent, 
His  anger  did  as  oft  relent : 

But  freed,  they  did  his  wrath  provoke, 
Renew'd  their  fins,  and  he  their  yoke. 

44.  Nor  yet  implacable  heprovM, 

Nor  heard  their  wretched  cries  unmov'd  \ 

45.  But  did  to  mind  his  promife  bring, 
And  mercy  inexhaufted  fpring. 

46-  Companion  too  he  did  impart, 
Ev'n  to  their  foes  obdurate  heart, 
And  pity  for  their  fufP rings  bred 
In  thofe  who  them  to  bondage  led. 

47.  Still 


«24         PSALM     cvi,  cvif. 

47.  Still  fave  us,  Lord,  and  Ifr'ePs  bands 
Together  bring  from  heathen  ]ands  ; 

So  to  thy  name  our  thanks  we'll  raife, 
And  ever  triumph  in  thy  praife. 

48.  Let  Ifr'ePs  God  be  ever  hlefs'd, 
His  name  eternally  confefs'd  : 

Let  ail  his  faints  with  full  accord 

Sing  loud  Amen. praife  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM     CVll. 
iF~f-\0  God  your  grateful  voices  raife, 

j^      Who  does  your  daily  patron  prove  : 
And  let  your  never-ceaiing  praife 
Attend  on  his  eternal  love. 
2,  3  Let  thofe  give  thanks  whom  he  from 
Of  proud  oppreffing  foes  releas'd  ;  [bands 
And  brought  them  back  from  diftant  lands, 
From  north  and  fouth,  and  weft  and  eaft. 

4,  5.  Through  lonely  defart  way s  they  went, 
Nor  cou'd  a  peopled  city  find  ; 
/Till  quite  with  thirft  and  hunger  fpent, 
Their  fainting  foul  within  them  pin'd. 

6.  Then  foon  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
Did  they  their  mournful  cry   addrefs  ; 
Who  gracioufly  vouchfaf'd  to  hear, 
And  freed  them  from  their  deep  diftrefs. 

7.  From  crooked  paths  he  led  them  forth, 
And  in  the  certain  way  did  guide, 

To  wealthy  towns  of  great  reiort, 
Where  all  their  wants  were  well  fupply'd. 

8.  O 


PSALM    cvii.  225 

8.  O  then  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodnefs  praife  ! 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  world  difplays ! 

9.  For  he  from  heav'n  the  fad  eftate 
Of  longing  fouls  with  pity  views  ; 
To  hungry  fouls  that  pant  for  meat, 
His  goodnefs  daily  food  renews. 

PART    IL 
1  o.  Som  e  lie,  with  darknefs  compafs'dround 
In  death's  uncomfortable  (hade  -9 
And  with  unweildy  fetters  bound, 
By  preffing  cares  more  heavy  made. 
11,  12.  Becaufe  God's  counfelthey  defy'd, 
And  lightly  priz'd  his  holy  word, 
With  thefe  afflictions  they  were  try*d  : 
They  fell,  and  none  could  help  afford. 

13.  Then  foon  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
Did  they  their  mournful  cry  addrefs  j 
Who  gracioufly  vquchfafM  to  hear, 
And  freed  them  from  their  deep  diftrefs, 

14.  From  difmal  dungeons,  dark  as  night, 
And  fhades  as  black  as  death's  abode. 

He  brought  them  forth  to  chearful  light, 
And  welcome  liberty  beftow'd. 

15.  O  then  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodnefs  praife  ,r 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  world  difplay 

K  5  16.  For 


226  P  S   A.  L  M    cvii. 

1 6.  For  he  with  his  almighty  hand, 
The  gates  of  brafs  in  pieces  broke  ; 
Nor  cou'd  the  maiTy  bars  withstand, 
Or  temper'd  fteel  refift  his  ftroke. 

PART    III. 

17.  remorfelefs  wretches,  void  of  fenfe, 
With  bold  tranfgreffions  God  defy  ; 
And  for  their  multiply'd  offence, 
Opprefs'd  with  fore  difeafes  lie  : 

18.  Their  foul,  a  prey  to  pain  and  fear, 
abhors  to  tafte  the  choiceft  meats  ; 
And  they  by  faint  degrees  draw  near 
To  death's  inhofpitable  gates. 

19.  Thenftraight  to  God's  indulgent  ear, 
Do  they  their  mournful  cry  addrefs  ; 
Who  gracioufly  vouchfafes  to  hear, 
And  frees  them  from  their  deep  diftrefs. 
20  He  all  their  fad  diftempers  heals 

His  word  both  health  and  fafety  gives  ; 
And  when  all  human  fuccour  fails, 
From  near  deftruclion  them  retrieves. 

21.  O  then  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodnefs  praife  ; 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  world  difplays  ! 

22.  •  With  off  rings  let  his  alter  flame, 
Whilft  they  their  grateful  thanks  exprefs, 
And  with  loud  joy  his  h®ly  name 

For  all  his  acts  of  wonder  blefs  ! 

PART 


PSALM     cvii  227 

PART    IV. 

23,  24.  They  that  in  fhips,with  courage  bold. 
O'er  fwelling  waves  their  trade  purfue, 
Do  God's  amazing  works  behold, 
And  in  the  deep  his  wonders  view. 

25.  No  fooner  his  command  is  paft, 
But  forth  the  dreadful  tempefl  flies, 
Which  fweeps  the  fea  with  rapid  haile, 
And  makes  the  flormy  billows  rife. 

26.  Sometimes  the  mips,  tofs'dup  to  heav'n, 
On  tops  of  mountain  waves  appear  ; 
Then  down  the  fteep  abyfs  are  driv'n, 
Whilft  ev'ry  foul  diffolves  with  fear. 

27.  They  reel  and  flagger  to  and  fro, 
Like  men  with  fumes  of  wine  opprefs'd  ; 
Nor  do  the  fkilful  feamen  know 
Which  way  to  fleer,  what  courfe  is  beft. 

28.  Then  ftraight  to  God's  indulgent  ear 
They  do  their  mournful  cry  addrefs  ; 
Who  gracioufly  vouchfafes  to  hear, 
And  frees  them  from  their  deep  diftrefs. 

29.  30.  He  does  the  raging  ftorm  appeafe, 
And  makes  the  billows  calm  and  Hill  ,     . 
With  joy  they  fee  their  fury  ceafe, 

And  their  intended  courfe  fulfil. 

31.O  then  that  all  the  earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  goodnefs  praife  ! 
And  for  the  mighty  works  which  he 
Throughout  the  wondering  world  difplays  I 

32.  Let 


228  PSALM    cvii. 

32.  Let  them,  where  all  the  tribes  refort, 
Advance   to  heav'n  his  glorious  name, 
And  in  the  elders  fov'reign  court 
With  one  content  his  praife  proclaim  ! 

PA    R  T    V. 

33,34.  A  fruitful  land,  where  ftrcams  abound 
God's  jull  revenge,  if  people  fin, 
Will  turn  to  dry  and  barren  ground, 
To  punifh  thofe  that  dwell  therein. 
35,36.  The  parch'd  anddefart  heath  he  makes 
To  flow  with  ftreams  and  fpringing  wells, 
Which  for  his  lot  the  hungry  takes, 
And  in  ftrong  cities  fafely  dwells. 

37, 3 8. He  fows  the  field,  the  vineyard  plants, 
Which  gratefully  his  toil  repay  ; 
Nor  can,  whilft.  God  his  bleffing  grants, 
His  fruitful  feed  or  frock  decay. 
39.Butwhenhisfinsheav,n's  wrath  provoke 
His  health  and  fubftance  fade  away  ; 
He  feels  th'  oppreffor's  gauling  yoke, 
And  is  of  grief  the  wretched  prey. 

4oTheprincethatflightswhatGodcommands 
Expos'd  to  fcorn,  muft  quit  his  throne  ; 
And  over  wild  and  defert  lands, 
Where  no  path  offers,  ftray  alone 
41.  Whilft  God,  from  all  afflicting  cares, 
Sets  up  the  humble  man  on  high  ; 
;    And  makes  in  time  his  num'i  ous  heirs 
■     Wich  his  increaling  flocks  to  vie. 

42,43.1710! 


PSALM  cvii,  cviii.         229 

42,43.  Then  tinners  fh  all  have  nought  to  fay 
The  juft  a  decent  joy  lhall  fhow  ; 
The  wife  thefe  ftrange  events  ill  all  weigh, 
And  thence  God's  goodnefs  fully  know. 

P  S  A  L  M     CVIlf. 
1  (\\  GOD,  my  heart  is  fully  bent 

vjf  to  magnify  thy  name  ; 
My  tongue  with  chearful  fongs  of  praife 
mail  celebrate  thy  fame. 

2.  Awake,  my  lute  ;  nor  thou  my  harp, 
thy  warbling  notes  delay  ; 

Whilft  I  with  early  hymns  of  joy 
prevent  the  dawning  day. 

3.  To  all  the  lift'ning  tribes,  O  Lord, 
thy  wonders  I  will  tell, 

And  to  thofe  nations  ling  thy  praife 
that  round  about  us  dwell  ; 

4.  Becaufe  thy  mercy's  boundlefs  height 
the  high  eft  heav'n  tranfeends, 

And  far  beyond  th'   afpiring  clouds 
thy  faithful  truth  extends. 

5.  Be  thou,  O  God  exalted  high 
above  the  ftarry  frame  ; 

And  let  the  world,  with  one  confent, 
confefs  thv  fflorious  nama 

6.  That  all  thy  chofen  people  thee 
their  Saviour  may  declare  ; 

Jet  thy  right  hand  protect  me  ftill, 
and  anfwer  thou  my  pray'r* 

7.  Since 


2^o  PSALM     cviii. 


7.  Since  God  himfelf  has  faid  the  word, 
whofe  promife  cannot  fail, 

With  j  oy  I  Sichem  will  divide, 
and  meafure  Succoth's  vale  : 

8.  Gilead  is  mine,  MannerTeh  too, 
and  Ephraim  owns  my  caufe  : 

Their  firength  my  regal  pow'r  fupports, 
and  Judah  gives  my  laws. 

9.  Moab  I'll  make  my  fervile  drudge, 
on  vanquiiii'd  Edom  tread  ;1 

And  throJ  the  proud  Philiftine  lands, 
my  conqu'ring  banners  fpread. 

1  o.  By  whofe  fupport  and  aid  fhall  I 
their  well-fenc'd  city  gain  ? 

Who  will  my  troops  iecurely  lead 
thro'  Edom's  guarded  plain  ? 

1 1 .  Lord,  wilt  not  thou  affift  our  arms, 
which  late  thou  didll:  forfake  ? 

And  wilt  not  thou,  of  thefe  our  hofls, 
once  more  the  guidance  take  ? 

12.  O  to  thy  fervant  in  diftrefs 
thy  fpeedy  fuccour  fend  ; 

For  vain  it  is  on  human  aid 
for  fafety  to  depend. 

13.  Then  valiant  acts  (hall  we  perform, 
if  thou  thy  pow'r  difclofe  ; 

For  God  it  is,  and  God  alone, 
that  treads  down  all  our  foes. 

P  S  A  L  M 


PSALM     cix.  23* 

P  S  A  L  M    CIX. 
i/^\  GOD,  whofe  former  mercies  make 

\^/     my  conftant  praife  thy  clue, 
Hold  not  thy  peace,  but  my  fad  ftate 
with  wonted  favour  view. 

2.  For  finful  men,  with  lying  lips, 
deceitful  fpeeches  frame, 

And  with  their  ftudy'd  ilanders  feek 
to  wound  my  fpotlefs  fame. 

3.  Their  refilefs  hatred  prompts  them   ftill 
malicious  lies  to  fpread  ; 

And  all  againft  my  life  combine, 
by  caufelefs  fury  led. 

4.  Thofe  whom  with  tend'reft   love  I  us'd3 
my  chief  Oppoiers  are  ; 

Whilft  I,  of  other  friends  bereft, 
refort  to  thee  by  pray'r* 

5.  Since  mifchief,  for  the  good  I  did? 
their  flrange  reward  does  prove  ; 

And  hatred's  the  return  they  make 
for  undiffembled  love  : 

6.  Their  guilty  leader  {hall  be  made 
to  fome  ill  man  a  Have  ; 

And  when  he's  try'd,  his  mortal  foe 
for  hisaccufer  have. 

7.  His  guilt,  when  fentence  is  pronounc'd, 
mall  meet  a  dreadful  fate, 

Whilfi  his  rejected  pray'r  but  ferves 
his  crimes  to  aggravate. 

8.  He 


232  P  S  A  L  M    cix. 

8.  He  fnatch'd  by  fome  untimely  fate* 
fhan't  live  out  half  his  days  : 

Another,  by  divine  decree, 
mall  on  his  office  feize. 

9,  10.  His  feed  mall  orphans  be,  his  wife 
a  widow  piling' d  in  grief; 

His  vagrant  children  beg  their  bread, 
where  none  can  give  relief. 

11.  His  ill  got  riches  fhall  be  made 
to  uferers  a  prey  ; 

The  fruit  of  all  his  toil  mall  be 
by  itrangers  born  away. 

12.  None  mail  be  found  that  to  his  wants 
their  mercy  will  extend, 

Or  to  his  helplefs  orphan  feed 
the  leaft  afiiftance  lend. 

13.  A  fwift  deftruclion  foon  mall  feize 
on  his  unhappy  race  ; 

And  the  next  age  his  hated  name 
mall  utterly  deface. 

14.  The  vengeance  of  his  father's  fins, 
upon  his  head  mail  fall ; 

God  on  his  mother's  crimes  fhall  think, 
and  punifh  him  for  all. 

15.  All  thefe  in  horrid  order  rank'd, 
before  the  Lord  fhall  fland, 

'Till  his  fierce  anger  quite  cuts  off 
their  mem'ry  from  the  land. 

PARI 


P  S  A  L  M     cix.  233 

PART    II. 

16.  Becaufe  he  never  mercy  fhew'd 
but  frill  the  poor  opprefs'd  ; 

And  fought  to  ilay  the  helplefs  man, 
with  heavy  woes  diftrefs'd. 

17.  Therefore  the  curfe  he  lov'd  to  vent, 
mail  his  own  portion  prove  ; 

And  bleffing,  which  he  ftill  abhorrM, 
mail  far  from  him  remove. 

1 8.  Since  he  in  curfing  took  mch  pride, 
like  water  it  mail  fpread 

Thro'  all  his  veins,  and  flick  like  oil 
with  which  his  bones  are  fed. 

19.  This,  like  a  poifon'd  robe,  mall  ftill 
his  conftant  cov'ring  be  ; 

Or  an  envenom' d  belt,  from  which 
he  never  fhall  be  free. 

•20.  Thus  fhall  the  Lord  reward  all  thofe 

that  111  to  me  defign  ; 
That  with  malicious  falfe  reports 

againft  my  life  combine. 
41.  But  for  thy  glorious  name,  O  God, 

do  thou  deliver  me  ; 
And  for  thy  gracious  mercy's  fake, 

preferve  and  fet  me  free  : 

22.  For  I,  to  utmoft  ftraits  reduc'd, 

am  void  of  all  relief  ; 
My  heart  is  wounded  with  diilrefs, 

and  quite  pierc'd  thro'  with  grief. 

23- 1> 


234  P  S  A  L  M     cix. 

23. 1,  like  an  ev'niag  fhade,  decline, 

wliich  vaniihes  apace  : 
Like  locufts  up  and  down  I'm  tofs'd, 

and  have  no  certain  place. 

24,25. My  knees  with  failing  arc  grown  weak, 

my  body  lank  and  lean  ; 
All  that  behold  me  ihake  their  heads, 

and  treat  me  with  difdairu 
2.6,  27.  But  for  thy  mercies  fake,    O  Lord,. 

do  thou  my  foes  withftand  ; 
That  all  may  fee  'tis  thy  own  act, 

the  work  of  thy  right  hand. 

28.  Then  let  them  curfe,*fo  thou  but  blefs  j 
let  fhame  the  portion  be 

Of  all  that  my  deuxuction  feek, 
while  I  rejoice  in  thee. 

29.  My  foe  mall  with  difgrace  be  cloath'd, 
and  ipite  of  all  his  pride, 

His  own  confulion,  like  a  cloak, 
the  guilty  wretch  mall  hide. 

30.  But  I  to  God,  in  grateful  thanks, 
my  ch earful  voice  will   raife  ; 

And  where  the  great  affembly  meets, 
fet  forth  his  noble  praife. 

31.  For  him  the  poor  mall  always  find 
their  fure  and  conftant  friend  ; 

And  he  mall  from  unrighteous  dooms 
their  -guiltlefs  fouls  defend. 

PSALM 


PSALM     ex,  cxi.  235 

PSA  Li    CX. 

THE  Lord  unto  my  Lord  thus  fpake, 
"  'Till  I  thy  foes  thy  footftool  make 
Sit  thou  in  flate,  at  my  right  hand  : 
.  "  Supreme  in  Sion  thou  iiialt  be, 
f  And  all  thy  proud  oppofers  fee 
"  Subjected  to  thy  juit  command. 

2,  "  Thee,  in  thy  powVs  triumphant  day, 
6  The  willing  nations  mail  obey  ; 

"  And  when  thy  riiing  beams  they  view 
c  Shall  all  (redeem'd  from  error's  night) 
"  Appear  as  numberlefs  and  bright 

"  as  cryftal  drops  of  morning  dew." 

4.  The  Lord  hath  fworn,  nor  fworn  in  vain 
That  like  Melchizedeck's,  thy  reign 

And  priefihood  mall  no  period  know : 

5.  No  proud  competitor  to  fit 

At  thy  right  hand  will  he  permit  ; 
But  in  his  wrath  crown'd  heads  o'erthrow* 

6.  The  fentene'd  heathen  he  mail  flay, 
And  fill  with  carcafies  his  way, 

'Till  he  hath  (truck  earth's  tyrants  dead  :. 

7.  But  in  the  high-way  brooks  fhall  firft 
Like  a  poor  pilgrim  flack  his  thirft. 

And  then  in  triumph  raife  his  head. 
PSALM     CXL 
1  "|3  Raife  ye  the  Lord  ;  our  God  to  praife 
JL    My  fo:ul  ner  utmoft  pow'rs  mall  raife 
"With  private  friends,  and  in  the  throng 
Of  faints  his  praife  fhall  be  my  fong.   2.  His 


^6  PSAL  M    cxi. 

%i  His  works,  for  greatnefs  tho'  renown  M,,  ] 
His  wond'rous  works  with  eafe  are  found 
By  thofe  who  feek  for  them  aright, 
And  in  the  pious  fearch  delight. 

3.  His  works  are  all  of  matchlefs  fame. 
And  uhiverial  glory  claim  ; 

His  truth  confirmed  thro,  ages  paft. 

Shall  to  eternal  a^cs  laft. 
o 

4.  By  precept  he  has  us  enjon'd, 

To  keep  his  wond'rous  works  in  mind  y 

And  to  pofterity  record, 

That  good  and  gracious  is  our  Lord. 

5.  His  bounty,  like  a  flowing  tide, 
Has  all  his  fervants  wants  fupply'd; 
And  he  will  ever  keep  in  mind, 
His  cov'nant  with  our  fathers  fign'd. 

6.  At  once  aftonifh'd  and  o'erjoy'd, 
They  faw  his  matchlefs  pow'r  employ'd, 
Whereby  the  heathen  were  fnpprefs'd, 
And  we  their  heritage  poflefs'd. 

7.  Juft  are  the  dealings  of  his  hands, 
Immutable  are  his  commands, 

8.  By  truth  and  equity  fuftain'd, 
And  for  eternal  rules  ordain' d, 

9.  He  fet  his  faints  from  bondage  free, 
And  then  eftablifh'd  his  decree, 

For  ever  to  remain  the  fame  ; 
Holy  and  rev'rend  is  his  name* 

10.  Who 


PSALM    cxi,  cxii.        237 

|  o.  Who  wifdom's  facredprize  would  win, 
Muft  with  the  fear  of  God  begin  ; 
Immortal  praife  and  heav'nly  fkill 
Have  they  who  know  and  do  his  Will* 

PSALM    CXII. 
HALLELUJAH.^ 
1  '"TpHAT  man  is  bleil  who  flands  in  awe 
Of  God,  and  loves  his  facred  law  > 

2.  His  feed  on  earth,  mail  be  renown'd, 
And  with  fucceffive  honours  crown' d. 

3.  His  ho ufe,  the  feat  of  wealth,  fhall  be 
An  inexhaufted  treafury  ; 

His  juftice,  free  from  all  decay, 
•Shall  bleffings  to  his  heirs  convey. 

4.  The  foul  that's  filTd  with  virtue's  light5 
Shines  bright  eft  in  affliction's  night  : 

To  pity  the  diftrefs'd  inclin'd, 
As  well  as  juft  to  all   mankind. 

5.  His  lib'ral  favours  he  extends, 
To  fome  he  gives,  to  others  lends  $ 
Yet  what  his  charity  impairs, 

He  faves  by  prudence  in  affairs. 

6.  Befet  with  threatning  dangers  round, 
Unmov'd  ihall  he  maintain  his  ground ; 
The  fweet  remembrance  of  the  juft 

Shall  flouriih  whenJie  fleeps  in  duft* 

7.  Ill  tidings  jaever  can  furprize 
His  heart,  that  fix'd  on  God  relies  : 

8.  On  fafety's  rock  he  fits,  and  fees 

The  ftup  wreck  of  his  enemies.  9.  His 


238  P  S  A  L  M     cxii,  cxiii. 

9.  His  hands,  while  they  his  alms  beftow'd 
His  glory's  future  harV^ft  ibw'd, 
Whence  hefhall  reap  wealth,  fame,  renowr 
A  temp'ral  and  eternal  crown. 

10.  The  wicked  mall  his  triumph  fee, 
And  gnalh  their  teeth  in  agony  ; 
While  their  unrighteous  hopes  decay, 
And  vanifh  with  themfeives  away. 

PSALM     CXIII. 
x^L7^E  Saints  and  fervants  of  the  Lord, 

J[     The  triumphs  of  his  name  record  ; 
2.  His  lac  red  name  for  ever  blefs. 

3.  Where-e'er  the  circling  fun  difplays 
His  riling  beams  or  fetting  rays, 

Due  praife  to  his  great  name  addrefs. 

4.  God  thro'  the  world  extends   his  fway 
The  regions  of  eternal  day, 

But  Ihadows  of  his  glory  are. 

5.  To  him,  whofe  majelty  excels, 
Who  made  the  heav'n  in  which  he  dwells 

Let  no  created  pow'r  compare, 

6.  Though  'tis  beneath  his  Hate  to  view 
In  higheft  heav'n  what  angels  do, 

Yet  he  to  earth  vouchfales  his  care  : 
He  takes  the  needy  from  his  cell, 
Advancing  him  in  courts  to  dwell, 

Companion  to  the  greateft  there. 

7.  When  childlefs  families  defpair, 
He  lends  the  bleflings  of  an  heir, 


F  S  A  L  M     exiii,  cxiv.  2^g 

To  refcue  their  expiring  name 
Makes  her  that  barren  was,  to  bear. 
And  joyfully  her  fruit  to  rear. 

O  then  extol  his  mat  chiefs  fame  ! 
PSALM     CXIV. 
i"Yf  THEN  Ifr*el,  by  th'  almighty  led, 

W       (enrich5  d  with  their  oppreffor's 
Fr  om  Egypt  march'd  and  Jacob's  feed  [Spoil) 
From  bondage  in  a  foreign  foil  ; 
a.  Jehovah,  for  his  refidence, 
Chofe  out  imperial  Judah's  tent, 
His  maniion  royal,  and  from  thence 
Thro'  Ifr'el's  camp  his  orders  fent. 

3.  The  diftant  fea  with  terror  faw, 
And  from  the  Almighty's  prefencefled  ; 
Old  Jordan's  ftxeams  furpriz'd  with  awe. 
Retreated  to  their  fountain's  head. 

4.  The  taller  mountain's  fkipp'd  like  rams, 
When  danger  near  the  fold  they  hear  ; 
The  hills  Ikipp'd  after  them  like  lambs, 
Affrighted  by  their  leader's  fear* 

5.  O  Sea,  what  made  your  tide  withdraw? 
And  naked  leave  your  oozy  bed  ? 

Why  Jordan,  againft  nature's  law, 
Recoild'ft  thou  to  thy  fountain's  head  ? 

6.  Why  mountains  did  ye  ikip  like  rams, 
When  danger  does  approach  the  fold  ? 
Why  after  you  the  hills  like  lambs, 
When  they  their  leader's  flight  behold  ? 

7.  Earth 


24a         PSALM    cxiv,  cxv. 

7.  Earth  tremble  on  ;  well  may'ft  thou  fear 
Thy  Lord  and  maker's  face  to  fee  : 
When  Jacob's  awful  God  draws  near, 
'Tis  time  for  earth  and  feas  to  flee. 

8.  To  flee  from  God,  who  nature's  law 
Confirms  and  cancels  at  his  will ; 

Who  fprings  from  flinty  rocks  can  draw. 
And  thirfty  vales  with  water  fill. 

PSALM     CXV. 
iT    ORD,  not  to  us,  we  claim  no  fliare, 

I  j     but  to  thy  facred  name 
Give  glory,  for  thy  mercy's  fake, 

and  truth's  eternal  fame. 

2.  Why  fhould  the  heathen  cry,  where 's 
the   God  whom  we  adore  ?  [now 

3.  Convince  them  that  in  heav'n  thou  art, 
and  uncontroul'd  thy  pow'r. 

4.  Their  Gods  but  gold  and  filver  are, 
the  works  of  mortal  hands  ; 

I .  With  fpeechlefs  mouth,  and  fightlefs  eyes 
the  molten  Idol  Hands. 

6.  The  pageant  has  both  ears  and  nofe, 
but  neither  hears  nor  fmells  ; 

7.  Its  hands  and  feet  nor  feel,  nor  move; 
no  life  within  it  dwells. 

8.  Such  fenfelefs  flocks  they  are,  that  we 
can  nothing  like  'em  find  \ 

But  thofe  who  on  their  help  rely, 
and  them  for  Gods  defign'd. 

9.  0 


PSALM     cxv,    cxvi.  241 

9.  O  Ifr'el,  make  the  Lord  your  truft 
who  is  your  help  and  fhield  ; 

10.  Priefts,  Levites,  truft  in  him  a!one5 
who  only  help  cart  yield-. 

1 1 .  Let  ail,  who  truly  fear  the  Lord, 
on  him  they  fear  rely  ; 

Who  them  in  danger  can  defend, 
and  all  their  wants  fupply. 

12.  13.  Of  us  he  oft  has  mindful  been, 
and  If  reel's  houfe  will  blefs  ; 

Priefts,  Levites,  Profeiytes,  ev'n  all 
who  his  great  name  confefs. 

14.  On  you,  and  on  your  heirs  he  will 
increafe  of  bleffings  bring  : 

15.  Thrice  happy  you,  who  fav'rites  arc 
of  this  almighty  king. 

16.  Heav'n's  high  eft  orb  of  glory,  he 
his  empire's  feat  delign'd  > 

And  give  this  lower  globe  of  earth 
a  portion  to  mankind. 

1  j.  They  who  in  death  and  filenceflecp 

to  him  no  praife  afford  : 
18.  But  we  will  blefs  for  evermore 

our  ever-living  Lord* 

PSALM  CXVI, 

ll\/T^r  iou^w^^  grateful  thoughts  of  love 
X V JL     entirely  is  pofleft, 
Becaufe  the  Lord  vouchfafM  to  hear 
the  voice  of  my  f  equeft. 

L  2.  Since 


*4*  PSALM    trxvi. 

a.  Since  he  has  now  his  ear  inclin'cL 

I  never  will  defpak* ; 
But  ftill  in  all  theihaits  of  life 

to  him  addrefs  my  pray'r. 

3.  With  deadly  forrows  compafs'd  round, 
with  pains  of  hell  opprefs'd  ; 

When  troubles  feiz'd  my  aking  heart, 
and  anguifli  rack'd  my  breait  : 

4.  On  God's  almighty  name  I  call'd, 
and  thus  to  him  I  pray'd  ; 

<c  Lord,  I  hefeech  thee,  lave  my  foud, 
"  with  forrows  quite  difmay'd"  ; 

5,  6.  How  juft  and  merciful  is  God, 

how  gracious  is  the  Lord  ! 
Who  faves  the  harm  Ids,  and  to  me 

does  timely  help  afford. 

7.  Then  free  from  pen  five    cares,  my  feu- 
refume  thy  wonted  reft  ; 

For  God  has  wondVoufly  to  thee 
his  bounteous  love  expreft. 

8.  When  death  alarmM  me,  he  reawyVl 


my 


dangers  andmv  ftai 


■o 


My  feet  from  falling  he  fecur'-d, 
and  dry'd  my  eyes  from  tears. 

0.  Therefore  my  life's  remaining  years, 
which  God  to  me  mall  lend, 

Will  I  in  praifes  to  his  name, 
and  in  his  ftrvice  fpend. 


P  S  A  I  M    cxvi,  cxviL  &$j 

10,  1 1.  In  God  I  truftedj  and  of  him 

in  greatefl  ftraits  did  boaft  ; 
(For  in  my  flight  all  hopes  of  aid 

from  faithlels  men  were  loft  ;) 
12,  13.  Then  what   return  to  him  fhal!  I 

for  all  his  goodnefs  make  ? 
I'll  praile  his  name,  and  with  glad  z| al 

the  cup  of  bieffing  take. 

*4,  15.  I'll  pay  my  vows  amongft  his  faints 

whofe  blood  (howe'er  defpis'd 
By  wicked  men)  in  God's  account 

is  always  highly  priz'd  : 
%&.  By  various  ties,  O  Lord,  muft  I 

to  thy  dominion  bow  ; 
Thy  humble  handmaid's  fen  before, 

thy  ranfom'd  captive  now  ; 

17,  1 8.  To  thee  I'll  ofFrings  bring  of  praifi 

and  whilft  I  blefs  thy  name, 
The  juft  performance  of  my  vows 

to  all  thy  faints  proclaim. 
19.  They  in  Jerufalem  ihall  meet, 

and  an  thy  houfe  mall  join, 
To  blefs  thy  name  with  one  confent, 

and  mix  their  fongs  with  mine. 

PSALM    CXVIL 
*TT  7TTH  chearful  notes  let  all  the  earth 

W       to  heav'n  their  voices  raife  : 
Let  all,  infpir'd  with  godly  mirth, 
ikig  folemn  hymns  of  praife. 

L  2  2.  -God's 


* 


$44  PSALM  cxvii,  cxvlii. 

ft.  God's   tender  mercy  knows  no  bound* 

his  truth  fhall  ne'er  decay  ; 
Then  let  the  willing  nations  round, 

their  grateful  tribute  pay. 

■PSALM     CXVI11. 
X  /^\  Praife  the  Lord,  for  he  is  good* 
s\^J     his  mercies  ne'er  decay  : 
That  his  kind  favours  ever  laft, 

let  thankful  Ifr'el  fay. 
3,  4.  Their  fenfe  of  his  eternal  love> 

let  Aaron's  houfe  exprefs  ; 
And  that  it  never  fails,  let  all 

that  fear  the  Lord,  confefs. 

5.  To  God  I  made  my  humble  moa-fc* 

with  troubles  quite  cppreft  ; 
And  he  released  me  from  my  flraits, 

and  granted  my  requeft. 
5.  Since  therefore  God  does  on  my  fide 

10  gracioufly  appear, 
Why  Ihould  the  vain  attempts  of  men 

poflefs  my  foul  with  fear  ? 

7.  Since  God  with  thofe  that  aid  my  caufc 

voucMifes  my  part  to  take  ; 
To  all  my  foes,  I  need  not  doubt, 

a  juft  return  to  make. 
§,  9.  For  better  'tis  to  truft  in  God, 

and  have  the  Lord  our  friend, 
Than  on  the  great  eft  human  powV 

for  fafety  to  depend. 

ic,  u.  Tho' 


PSALM     cxvin.  245 

so,  m.  Tho'  many  nations  clofely  leagu'dy 

did  oft  befet  me  round  ; 
Yet  by  his  boundlefs  pow*r  fuftain'd,  - 

I  did  their  ftrength  confound. 
1  2.  They  fwarm'dlike  bees,  and  yet  their- 

was  but  a  mort4ivrd  blaze ;  [Rage 

for  whilft  op.  God  I  Hill  rely'd> 

I  vanquifh'd  them,  with  eafe. 

«3>.  When  all  united  prefs'd  me  hard, 

in  hopes  to  make  me  fail  ; 
The  Lord  vou-ehfaf'd  to  take  my  part,. 

and  fav'd  me  from  them  all. 
14.  The  honour  of  my  ftrange  efcape 

to  him  alone  belongs  \ 
He  is  my  Saviour  and  my  ftrength:, 

he  only  claims  my  fongs*, 

*5#  J°y  ^s  tn€  dwelling  of  the  juft, 

whom  God  has  fav'd  from  harm  ; 
For  wond'rous  things  are  brought  to  pafa 

by  his  almighty  arm. 
16..  He,  by  his  own  reiiftlefs- pow'r,. 

has  endlefs  honour  won  ; 
The  laving  ftrength  of  hl&  right  hand,, 

amazing  works  has  done. 

i-j.  God  will  not  fufler  me  to  fall?, 

but  ftiil  prolongs  my  days  ; 
That  by  declaring  all  his  works 

I  may  advance  his  praife* 

18.  When 


t$6  P  S  A  L  M     cxviiv 

;  8.  When  God  had  forely  me  chaftiz'd^ 

till  quite  of  hopes  bereav'd, 
His  mercy  from  the  gates  of  death 

my  fainting  life  reprievM 

1 9.  Then  open  wide  the  temple  gates 
to  which  the  ju-ft  repair, 

That  I  may  enter  in  and  praife 
•-    my  great  dehv'rer  there. 

20,  'ii.  Within  thofe  gates  of  God's  abode 
to  which  the  righteous  prefs, 

Since  thou  had  heard,  and  let  me  fafe, 
thy  holy  name  I'll  bleis. 

t  22,23.  Thatwhich  the  builders  once  refus'd 
is  now  the  corner  ftone. 
This  is  the  wond'rous  work  of  God, 
the  work  of  God  alone. 

24,  25-  This  day  is  Goci's  ;  let  all  the  land 
exalt  their  chearful  voice  : 

Lord,  we  befeech  thee,  fave  us  now, 
and  make  us  ftill  rejoice. 

25.  Him  that  approaches  in  God's  name, 
let  all  th'  aflembly  bleis  ; 

*  We  that  belong  to  God's  own  houfe 
"  have  wihVd  you  good  fuccefs." 

27.  God  is  the  Lord,  through  whom  we  all 
both  light  and  comfort  find  ; 

Fafl  to  the  altar's  horns  with  cords 
the  chofen  victim  bind, 

28.  Thou 


F  S  A  L  M  cxviii,  cx&  *% 

•2.8".  Thou,  art  my  Lord,  O  God,  and  ftill 

I'll  praife  thy  holy  name  ; 
Beeaufe  thou  only  art  my  God, 

I'll,  celebrate  thy  fame. 
29.  G  then  with  me  give  thanks  to  God^ 

who  ftill  does  gracious  prove  ; 
And  let  the  tribute  of  our  praife 

be  endlefs  as  his  love. 

P  S  A  L  M  CXIX.         A  L  E  P  H 
OW  hlefs'd  are  they  who  always  keep 
the  pure  and  perfect  way  ! 
Who  never  from  the  facred  paths 

of  God's  commandments  ftray  ! 
1.  Thrice  blefs'd  !  who  to  his  righteous  laws. 

have  ftill  obedient  been  I 
And  have  with  fervent  humble  zeal 
his  favour  fought  to  win  !. 

3.  Such  men  their  utmoft  caution  ufe 
to  fhun  each  wicked  deed  ; 

But  in  the  path  which  he  directs 
with  conftant  care  proceed. 

4.  Thou  ftriclly  hail  enjoin'd  us,  Lord* 
to  learn  thy  facred  will ; 

And  all  oar  diligence  employ 
thy  ftatutes  to,  fulfil. 

5.  O  then  that  thy  moft  holy  will 
might  o'er  my  ways  prefide  ! 

Aiid  I  the  courfe  of  all  my  life 
by  thy  direction  guide  ! 

6\  Them 


24a  PSALM     cxix. 

6.  Then  with  afTurance  mould  I  walk, 
from  all  confufion  free  ; 

Convinc'd  with  joy,  that  all  my  ways 
with  thy  commands  agree. 

7.  My  upright  heart  ihall  my  glad   mouth 
with  chearful  praifes  fill  ; 

When  by  thy  righteous  judgments  taught,. 
I  mall  have  learnt  thy  will. 

8.  So  to  thy  facred  law  mail  I 
all  due  obfervance  pay  : 

O  then  forfake  me  not,  my  God, 
nor  caft  me  quite  away. 

BETH. 

9.  How  fhall  the  young  preferve  their  ways 
from  all  pollution  free  ? 

By  making  ftill  their  courfe  of  life 
with  thy  commands  agree. 

10.  With  hearty  zeal  for  thee  I  feek, 
to  thee  for  fuccour  pray  ; 

O  fufler  not  my  carelefs  Heps 
from  thy  right  paths  to  ftray. 

1 1 .  Safe  in  my  heart,  and  cloieiy  hid, 
thy  word,  my  treafure.  lies  ; 

To  fuccour  me  with  timely  aid, 
when  finful  thoughts  arife. 

12.  Secur'dby  that,  my  grateful  foul 
Ihall  ever  blefs  thy  name  ; 

O  teach  me  then  by  thy  juft  laws 
my  future  life  to  frame. 

14.  My 


PSALM    cxix.  249 

13.  My  lips,  unlock'd  by  pi©U6  zeal, 

to  others  have  declared  ; 
How  well  the  judgments  of  thy  mouth 

deferve  our  befl  regard. 
1.4,  Whilft  in  the  way  of  thy  commands 

more  f olid  joy  I  found, 
Than  had  I  been  with  vaft  increafe 

of  envy'd  riches  crownM. 

15.  Therefore  thyjuft  and  upright  laws 

fhall  always  fill  my  mind, 
And  thofe  found  rules  which  thou  prefcrib'fr^ 

all  due  refpect  fhall  find.. 
r6<  To  keep  thy  ftatutes  undefac*d 

fhall  be  my  conftant  joy  ; 
The  ftrict.  remembrance  of  thy  word 

fhall  all  my  thoughts  employ. 

G  I  M  E  L. 

17.  Be  gracious  to  thy  fervant,  Lord, 
do  thou  my  life  defend, 

That  I  according  to  thy  word 
my  time  to  come  may  fpend. 

18.  Enlighten  both  my  eyes  and  mind, 
that  fo  I  may  difcern 

The  wondrous  things  which  they  behold 
who  thy  juft  precepts  leara*. 

19.  Tho'  like  a  Granger  in  the  land, 
from  place  to  place  I  flray, 

Thy  righteous  judgments  from  my  fight, 
remove  not  thou  away. 

L  5  «*.  My 


a5o  P  S   4  L  M     cxix. 

20.  My  fainting  foul  is  almoft  pin'd, 
with  earneft  longing  fpent  ; 

Whilft  always  on  the  eager  fearch 
of  thy  juft  will  intent. 

2 1 .  Thy  iharp  rebuke  mail  crufh  the  proud 
whom  ftill  thy  curfe  purfues ; 

Since  they  to  walk  in  thy  right  ways 
prefumptuoufly  refufe. 

22.  But  far  from  me  do  thou,  O  Lord, 
contempt  and  fhame  remove  ; 

Tor  I  thy  facred  laws  affect 
with  undiifembled  love. 

23.  Tho*  princes  oft,  in  council  met, 
again  ft  thy  fervant  fpake  ; 

Yet  I  thy  ftatutes  to  obferve, 
my  conftant  bus'nefs  make. 

24.  For  thy  commands  have  always  been 
my  comfort  and  delight  ; 

By  them  1  learn  with  prudent  care, 
to  guide  my  fteps  aright 

D  A  L  ETH. 

25.  My  foul  oppress' d  with  deadly  care> 
clok  to  the  duft  does  cleave  ; 

Revive  me,  Lord,  and  let  me  now 
thy  promis'd  aid  receive. 

26.  To  thee  I  ftill  declar'd  my  ways, 
and  thou  in clinMft  thine  ear  ; 

O  teach  me  then  my  future  life 
by  thy  juil  laws  to  fteer. 

17.  If 


F&J  L  M  exLx..  &$$ 

27*.  If  thou  wilt  make  me  know  thy  laws, 

and  by  thy  guidance  w^alk , 
The  wond'rous  works  which  thou  -haft-done* 

mall  be  my  conftant  talk.- 

28.  But  fee,,  my  foul  within  me  links, 
preis'd  down  with  weighty  care  ; 

Do  thou,  according  to  thy  word, 
my  wailed  firength  repair. 

29.  Far,  far  from  me  be  all  falfe  ways*, 
and  lying  arts  remov'd.! 

But  kindly  grant  I  ftill  may  keep 

the  path  by  thee  approv'd. 
3c.  Thy  faithful  ways,  thou.  God  of  truth*. 

my  happy  choice Tve  made  ; 
Thy  Judgments,  as  my  rule  of  life 

before  me  always  laid. 

31.  My  care  has  been  to  make  my  life 
with  thy  commands  agree  ; 

0  then  preferve  thy  fervant,  Lord, 
from  fhame  and  ruin  free. 

32.  So  in:  the.  way  of  thy  commands 
mall  I  with  pleafure  run, 

And  with  a  heart  enlarg'd  with  joy, 
fuccefsfully  go  on. 

HE, 

33.  Inftrucbme  in  thy  Itatutes,  Lord, 
thy  righteous  paths  difplay  ; 

And  I  from  them,  through  all  my  life.. 
tciIL  never  go  aftra^ 


34 


If 


252  PSALM      cxix. 

34.  If  thou  true  wifdom  from  above 

wilt  gracioufly  impart, 
To  keep  thy  perfect  laws  I  will 

devote  my  zealous  heart. 

35.  Direct  me  in  the  facred  ways, 
to  which  thy  precepts  lead  ;  . 

Bccaufe  my  chief  delight  has  been 
thy  righteous  paths  to  tread. 

36.  Do  thou  to  thy  moft  juft  commands 
incline  my  willing  heart  ; 

Let  no  defire  of  worldly  wealth 
from  thee  my  thoughts  divert. 

37.  From  thofe  vain  objects  turn  my  eyes 
which  this  falfe  world  difplays  ; 

But  give  me  Hvely  pow'r  and  ftrength 

to  keep  thy  righteous  ways. 
3S.  Confirm  the  promife  which  thou  mad'ft 

and  give  thy  fervant  aid, 
Who  to  tranfgrefs  thy  facred  laws 

is  awfully  afraid. 

39.  The  foul  difgrace  I  juftl'y  fear, 
in  mercy  Lord  remove  ; 

For  all  the  judgments  thou  ordain'ft 
are  full  of  grace  and  love. 

40.  Thou  know'ft  how,  after  thy  commands 
my  longing  heart  does  pant ; 

O  then  make  hafte  to  raife  me  up, 
and  promis'd  fuccour  grant. 

V  A  U, 


PSALM   cxlx.  253 

V  A  U. 

41.  Thy  conflant  bleflmg,  Lord  bellow,. 
to  chear  my    drooping  heart  ; 

To  me,  according  to  thy  word, 
thy  faving  health  impart. 

42.  So  mall  I,  when  my  foes  upbraid,, 
this  ready  anfwer  make  ; 

*c  In  God  I  truft,  who  never  will 
"  his  faithful  prcmife  break.  % 

43.  Then  let  not  quite  the  word  of  truth 
be  from  my  mouth  le  nov'd  ; 

Since  ftil)  rny  ground  of  ftedf aft  hope 
thy  juft  decrees  have  prov'd. 

44.  So  I  to  keep  thy  righteous  laws, 
wiil  all  my  fludy  bend  > 

From  age  to  age,  my  time  to  come 
in  their  obfervance  fpend. 

45.  E'er  long  1  truft  to  walk  at  large, 
f/om  all  incumbrance  free  ; 

Since  I  refolve  to  make  my  life 
with  thy  commands  agree. 

46.  Thy  laws  lhall  be  my   conflant  talk  ^ 
2tnd  princes  fhall  attend, 

"Whilft  I  the  juftice   of  thy  ways 
with  confidence  defend. 

47.  My  longing  heart  and  ravihYd  foul 
(hall  both  overflow  with  joy, 

When  in  thy  lov'd  commandments  I 
my  happy  hours  employ. 

48*  Thea 


^54-  F  S  A  I  M      cxix. 

48.  Then  will  I  to  thyjuft  decree 

lift  up  my  willing  hands  ; 
My  care  and  bus'nefs  then  mail  be 
to  iludy  thy  commands. 
Z  A  I  H. 
40.   According  to  thy  pro  mis'  d  grace^. 

thy  favour,  Lord,  extends  ;  - 
Make  good  to  me  the  word,  on  which 

thy  fervant's  hopes  depend. 
50.  That  only  comfort  in  diftrefs 

did  all  my  griefs  con troul  ; 
Thy  word  when  troubles  hemm'd  me  round7 

reviv'd  my  fainting  foul. 

5 is.  Infulting  foes  did  proudly  mock, 

and  all  my  hopes  deride  ; 
Yet,  from  thy  law,  not  all  thek*  feoffs 

could  make  me  turn  alide. 
52.  rfhy  Judgments  then,  of  ancient  date,. 

I  quickly  call  to  mind, 
Till  ravifrVd  with  fuch  thoughts,  myfoui- 

did  fpeedy  comfort  find. 

^].  Sometimes  I  ftand  amaz'd,  like  one 

with  deadly  horror  It  ruck, 
To  think  how  all  my  finful  foes 

have  thy  juft  laws  forlook. 
54,.  But  I  thy  ftatutes  and  decrees 

my  chearful  anthems  made  ; 
Whilft  thro'  flrange  lands  and  defarts  wild 

1  like  a  pilgrim,  ft  ray' d. 


PSALM    exist.  2 


j> 


$$.  Thy  name,  that  chear'dmy  heai t  by  day,, 

has  nil'd  my  thoughts  by  night 
I  then  refolv'd  by  thy  juft  laws, 

to  guide  my  fteps  aright. 
$6.  That  peace  of  mind,  which  has  my  foul 

in  deep  diftrefs  iuftain'd, 
By-fhict  obedience  to  thy  will 

I  happily  obtained. 

C  H  E  T  H 

57.  O  Lord,  my  God,  my  portion  thou 
and  fure  poffeffion  art ; 

Thy  words  I  ftedfaftly  refolve 
to  treafure  in  my  heart. 

58.  With  all  theftrength  of  warm  defires. 
I  did  thy  grace  implore  ; 

Difclofe,  according  to  thy  word, 
thy  mercies  boumilefs  ft  ore. 

59.  With  due  reflection  and  ftrict  care 
on  all  my  ways  I  thought, 

And  fo,  reclaim'd  to  thy  juft  paths, 
my  wand'ring  fteps  I  brought. 

60.  I  loft  no  time,  but  made  great  hafte 
refolv'd,  without  delay, 

To  watch  that  I  might  never  more 
from  thy  commandments  ftray. 

6u  Tho'  numerous  troops  of  finful  men 

to  rob  me  have  combined  ; 
Yet  I  thy  pure  and  righteous  laws 

have  ever  kept  in-  miad. 

62*  I& 


25  6  PSALM    cxrx. 

62.  In  dead  of  night  I  will  arife 
"to  fingthy  folenin  praife  ; 

Convinc'd  how  much  I  always  ought 
to  love  thy  righteous  ways. 

63.  To  fuch   as  fear  thy  holy  name, 
myfeif  1  clofely  join  ; 

To  all  who  their  obedient  wills 
to  thy  commands  refign. 

64.  O'er  all  the  earth  thy  mercy,  Lordy 
abundantly  is  fhed  ;. 

O  make  me  thenexaclly  learn, 

thy  facred  paths  to  tread. 
T  E  T  II 
6$.  With,  me,  thy  fervant,,  thou  haft  dealt 

mod  gracioufly,  O  Lord, 
Repeated  benefits  beftow'd, 

according  to  thy  word. 

65.  Teach  me  the  facred  fkill  by  which 
right  Judgment  is  attain'd, 

Who  in  belief  of  thy  commands 
have  ftedfaftly  remain'd. 

67.   Before  affliction  ftop'd  my  courfej 

my  foolifleps  went  aftray  ; 
But  I  have  fince  been  difciplinM, 

thy  precepts  to  obey. 
68-  Thou  art,  O  Lord,  fupremely  good, 

and  all  thou  doft  is  fo  ; 
On  me,  thy  ftatutes  todifcern, 

thy  faving  fidllbeftow. 

69.  The 


PSALM    cxix.  %$f 

£gK  The  proud  have  forg'd  malicious  !ies5 

my  fpotlefs  fame  to  ftain  ; 
But  my  fix*d  heart,  without  referve, 

thy  precepts  mail  retain. 

70.  While  pamper*d  they  withprofp'rousuT& 
in  fenfual  pleafures  live, 

My  foul  can  relifh  no  delight, 
but  what  thy  precepts  give. 

7 1 .  Tis  good  for  me  that  I  have  felt 
ASiiciioii^s  chaft'ning  rod, 

That  I  might  duly  learn  and  keep 
the  ftatutes  of  my  God. 

72.  The  law  that  from  thy  mouth  proceeds 
of  more  efteem  I  hold, 

Than  untouched  mines,  than  thoufand  mines 
of  filver  and  of  gold* 

JO  D. 

73.  To  me ?  who  am  the  workmanfhip 
of  thy  almighty  hands, 

The  heav'nly  underftanding  give 
to  learn  thyjuft  commands. 

74.  My  prefervation  to  thy  faints 
itrong  comfort  will  afford, 

To  fee  fuccefs  attend  my  hopes,  _ 
who  trufted  in  thy  word. 

75.  That  right  thy  judgments  are,  I  now 
by  fure  experience  fee   ; 

And  that  in  faithfulnefs,  Q  Lord, 
thou  haft  aiBicled  me, 

7$    O 


25S  P  S  A  L  M  cxix* 

76.  Q  let  tliy  tender  mercy  now 
afford  me  needful  aid  ; 

According  to  thy  pmpife,  Lord,. 
.     to  me,  thy  fervant,  made. 

77.  To  rae  thy  faving  grace  reftore,. 
tliat  I  again  may  live  ; 

Whofe  foal  can  relifli  no  delight, 
but  what  thy  precepts  give. 

78.  Defeat  the  proud,  who  unprovok'd, 
to  ruin  me  have  fought, 

Who  only  on  thy  hcrcd  laws 
employ  my  harmlefs  thought. 

79.  Let  thofe  that  fear  thy  name  efpoufe 
my  caufe,  and  thofe  alone 

Who  have  by  {trier,  and  pious  fearch 

thy  facred  precepts  know. 
**o.  In  thy  bleft  ftatutes  let  my  heart 

continue  always  found, 
That  guilt  and  fhame,  the  iinner's  lot, 

may  never  me  confound. 

cap  a 

S 1 .  My  foul  with  long  expectance  faints 

to  fee  thy  laving  grace  : 
Yet  ft  ill  on  thy  unerring  word 

my  confidence  I  place. 
82.  My  very  eyes  con-fume  and  fail 

with  writing  for  thy  word  ; 
O  !  when  wilt  thou  thy  kind  relief 

-ajid  proiiuVd  aid  ajford. 

&5-  My 


PSALM  cxix,  259 

3.  My  fein  Kkefhrivel'd  parchment  fhows^ 

that  long  in  fmoak  is  fet  ; 
Tet  no  affliction  me  can  force. 

thy  ftatutes  to  forget. 
J4.  How  many  days  mufti  endure 

of  forror  and  diitrefs  ? 
vVhen  wilt  thou  Judgment  execute 
on  them  who  me  opprefs  ? 

£5.  The  proad  have  digg'd  a  pit  for  me.,. 

who  have  no  other  foes, 
But  fuch  as  are  averfe  to  thee, 

and  thy  juft  laws  oppofe, 
$6.  With  right  and  truth's  eternal  laws 

all  thy  commands  agree  ; 
Men  perfecute  me  without  caufe, 

thou,  Lord,  my  helper  be. 

&£.  With  clofe  deiigns  againft  my  life 

they  had  afmoft  prevail' d  \ 
But  in  obedience  to. thy  will 

my  duty  never  fail'd  : 
IS.  Thy  wonted  kindnefs,  Lord,  re.fto.rq> 

my  drooping  heart  to  chear  ; 
That  by  thy  righteous  ftatut-ss  ,.  I 

my  life's  whole  courfe  may.  iteer. 

L  A  M  E  D, 
8.9.  For  ever  and  for  ever,  Lord, 

unchanged  thou  doft  remain  ; 
Thy  word,  eftablifrVd  in  the  heavens, 
does  all  their  orbs  fuftaia. 

90.  Thro* 


26o         P  S  A  L  M       cxix\ 

9^  Thro*  circling  ages,  Lord  thy  truth* 

immoveable  mall  ft  and, 
As  doth  the  earth  which  thou  uphold' ft 

by  thy  almighty  hand,. 

91.  All  things  t'ie  courfe  by  thee  ordain'd^ 
eVn  to,   this  day  fulfil  ; 

They  are  thy  faithful  ftfbjecfe  all, 
and  fervants  of  thy  will. 

92.  Unlefs  thy  facred  law  had  been, 
my  comfort  and  delight, 

I  muft  have  fainted  and  expir'd, 
in  dark  affliction's  night. 

93.  Thy  precepts  therefore  from  my  tho'ts 
ihall  never,  Lord,   depart  ; 

For  thou  by  them  haft  to  new  life 
reftor'd  my  dying  heart. 

94.  As  I  am  thine  entirely  thine 
protect  me,  Lord,  from  harm-  * 

Who  have  thy  precepts  fought  to  know, 
and  carefully  perform. 

95.  The  wicked  have  their  ambufh  laid 
my  gailtlefs  life  to  take  ; 

But  in  the  midft  of  danger  I 
thy  word  my  ftudy  make. 

96.  I've  feen  an  end,  of  what  we  call 
perfection  here  below  : 

Cut  thy  commandments,  like  thyfelf,. 
no  change  or  period  know. 

M  E  M 


PSALM    cxix.  $6i 

M  E  M. 
)j.  The  love  that  to  thy  laws  I  bear> 

no  language  can  difplay  ; 
They  with  frefh  wonders  entertain 

my  ravifh'd  thoughts  all  day. 
9b.  Thro'  thy  commands  1  wifer  grow 

than  all  my  fubtle  foes  ; 
For  thy  fure  word  doth  me  direct, 
and  all  my  ways  difpofe. 

99.  From  me  my  former  teachers  now 
may  abler  counfel  take  ; 

Becaufe  thy  facred  precepts  I 
my  conftant  fludy  make. 

100.  In  underftanding  I  excel 
the  fages  of  our  days  ; 

Becaufe  by  thy  unerring  rules 
I  order  all  my  ways. 

10 1.  My  feet  with  care  I  have  refrain9d 
from  ev'ry  finful  way, 

That  to  thy  facred  word  I  might 
entire  obedience  pay. 

102.  I  have  not  from  thy  judgments  ftray'd 
by  vain  defires  miflead  ; 

For,  Lord,  thou  hauHnurucled  me 
thy  righteous  paths  to  tread. 

103.  How  fweet  are  all  thy  wrords  to  me  ; 
O  what  divine  repair.  ! 

How  much  more  gratefulto  my  foul, 
than  honey  to  my  tafte, 

104.  Taught 


i6i  PSALM     cxix. 

504.  Taught  by  thy  facred  precepts,  I 

with  heav'nly  (kill  am  bleft, 
Thro'  which  the  treach'rous  ways  of  fin 

I  utterly  deteft. 

NUN 
105.  Thy  word  is  to  my  feet  a  lamp, 

the  way  of  truth  to  fhow; 
A  watch-light  to  point  out  the  path, 

in  which  I  ought   to  go. 
xo6.  I  Swear(and  from  my  folemn  oath 

Pll  never  ftart  afide) 
That  in  thy  righteous  judgments  I 

will  fledfaftly  abide. 

107.  Since  I  with  griefs  am  fo  oppreft, 

that  I  can  bear  no  more  ; 
According  to  thy  word,  do  thou 

my  fainting  foul  reftore. 
j  08.  Let  fill  I  my  facrifice  of  praife 

with  thee  acceptance  find  ; 
And  in  thy  righteous  judgments,  Lord, 

inflrucr.  my  willing  mind. 

1 09.  Tho'  ghaftly  dangers  nie  furround, 

my  foul  they  cannot  awe, 
Nor  with  continual  terrors  keep 

from  thinking  on  thy  law. 
1 1  o.  My  wicked  and  invet'rate  foes 

for  me  their  fnares  have  laid ; 
Yet  1  have  kept  the  upright  path, 

nor  from  thy  precepts  ftray'd. 

•m.Th} 


PSALM     cxix,  263 

1 1 1 .  Thy  tefthnouies  I  have  made 
my  heritage  and  choice  ; 

For  they  when  other  comforts  fail, 
my  drooping  heart  rejoice. 

112.  My  heart  with,  eariy  zeal  begam 
thy  itatutes  to  obey  ; 

And  'till  my  courfe  of  life  is  done^ 
mall  keep  thy  upright  way. 

•S  A  M  E  C  H. 
it  3.  Deceitful  thoughts  and  practices 

I  utterly  deteft  ; 
But  to  thy  law  affection  "bear 

too  great  to  be  exprefs'd. 
114.  My  hiding-place,  my  refuge- to wV^ 

and  fhield  art  thou,  O  Lord  % 
X  firmly  anchor  all  my  hopes 

on  thy  unerring  word. 

05.  Hence  ye  that  "trade  in  wickedneis9 

approach  not  my  abode  ; 
For  firmly  I  refolve  to  keep 

the  precepts  of  my  God. 
516.  According  to  thy  gracious  word, 

from  danger  let  me  free  ; 
Nor  make  me  of  thofe  hopes  amam'd, 

that  I  repoie  in  thee. 

s  17.  Uphold  me,  fo  mail  I  be  fafe5 

and  refcu'd  from  diftrefs  ; 
^To  thy  decrees  continually 

say  juft  refpect  addrefs* 

1 18,  The 


264  PSALM'   cxbi. 

1 1 8.  The  wicked  thou  haft  trod  to  earth, 
who  from  thy  ftatutes  ftray'd  ; 

Their  vile  deceit  the  juft  reward 
of  their  own  falfhood  made. 

119.  The  wicked  from  thy  holy  land 
thou  doft  like  drofs  remove  ; 

I  therefore,  with  fiichjuftice  charm \1, 

thy  teftimonies  love. 
1 20. Yet  with  that  love  they  make  me  dread, 

leftlfliouldfo  offend, 
When  on  tranfgreiTbrs  I  behold 

thy  judgments  thus  def  cend. 
■A  I  K 

121.  Judgment  and  juft  ice  I  have  lov'd  $ 
O  therefore,  Lord,  engage 

In  my  defence,  nor  give  me  up 
to  my  oppreflbrs  rage. 

122.  Do  thou  be  furety,  Lord,  for  me, 
and  ib  fhall  this  diftrefs 

Prove  good  forme  ;  nor  fhall  the  proud 
my  guiltlefs  foul  opprefs. 

123.  My  eyes,  alas  !  begin  to  fail, 
in  long  expectance  held  ; 

?  Pill  thy  falvation  they  behold, 
and  righteous  word  fulfiU'd. 

124.  To  me,  thy  fervant  in  diftrefs, 
thy  wonted  grace  difplay, 

And  discipline  my  willing  heart 
thy  ftatutes  to  obey. 

1 25/  On 


PSALM      cxix.  *6$ 

125-.  On  me,  devoted  to  thy  fear, 

thy  facred  fkill  beftow, 
That  of  thy  teftimonies  I 

the  full  extent  may  know. 

1 26.  'Tis  time,  high  time  for  thee,  O  Lord, 
thy  vengeance  to  employ, 

When  men  with  open  violence 
thy  facred  law  deftroy. 

127.  Yet  their  contempt  of  thy  commands 
but  make  their  value  rife 

In  my  efteem,  who  pureft  gold 
compar'd  with  them  defpife. 

128.  Thy  precepts  therefore  I  account, 
in  all  refpecb,  divine  : 

They  teach  me  to  difcern  the  right, 
and  ail  falfe  ways  decline. 

P  E. 

1 29.  The  wonders  which  thy  Laws  contain? 
no  words  can  reprefent  ; 

Therefore  to  learn  and  praclife  them, 
my  zealous  heart  is  bent. 

1 30.  The  very  entrance  to  thy  word 
cceleftial  light  difplays, 

And  knowledge  of  true  happinefs 
to  fimpleft  minds  conveys. 

131.  With  eager  hopes  I  waiting  flood, 
and  fainted  with  dehre, 

That  of  thy  wife  commands  I  might 
the  facred  fkill  acquire. 

M  132.  With 


z66  P  S  A  L  M     cxix. 

532.  With  favour,  Lord,  look  down  on  me 

who  thy  relief  implore  ; 
As  thou  art  wont  to  vifit  thofe 

that  thy  bleft  name  adore. 

133.  Directed  by  thy  heav'nly  wore. 
let  all  my  footfteps  be  ; 

Nor  wickednefs  of  any  kind 
dominion  have  o'er  me. 

134.  Releafe,  entirely  fet  me  free 
from  perfecuting  hands, 

That,  unmolefted,  I  may  learn 
and  practife  thy  commands. 

13$.  On  me,  devoted  to  thy  fear^ 

Lord,  make  thy  face  to  mine  ; 
Thy  ftatutes  both  to  know  and  keep, 

my  heart  with  zeal  incline. 
$.36.  My  eyes  to  weeping  fountains    turn,, 

whence  briny  rivers  flow, 
To  fee  mankind  againft  thy  laws 

in  bold  defiance  go. 

T  S  A  D  D  L 
%3J.  Thou  art  the  righteous  judge,  in  whom 

wrong'd  innocence  may  trull  ; 
And,  like  thyfelf,  thy  judgments,  Lord, 

in  all  refpects  are  juft. 
138.  Moftjufl  and  true  thofe  ftatutes  were 

which  thou  didft  firft  decree  ; 
And  all  with  faithfulnefs  perform' d, 

i-u-cceeding  times  mail  fee. 

139  With 


'139.  With  zeal  ray  fLefli  confumes  away* 

my  foul  with  anguifh  frets, 
To  fee  my  foes  contemn  at  once 

thy  promifes  and  threats. 

140.  Yet  each  neglected  word  of  thine 
(howe'er  by  them  defpis'd) 

Is  pure,  and  for  eternal  truth 
by  me,  thy  fervaet,  prized. 

141.  Brought,  for  thy  fake,  to  low  eftates 
Contempt  from  all  I  find  ; 

Yet  no  affronts  or  wrongs  can  drive 
thy  precepts  from  my  mind. 

142.  Thy  righteoufn-efs  fhall  then  endure*, 
wThen  time  itfelf  is  pail  ; 

Thy  law  is  truth  itfelf,  that  truth 
which  fhall  forever  laft. 

143.  Tho'  trouble,   anguifh,   doubts   and 
to  compafs  me  unite,  [Dread 

Befet  with  danger,  ftill  I  make 

thy  precepts  my  delight. 
^44.  Eternal  and  unerring  rules 

thy  teiUmonies  give  : 
Teach  me  the  wifdom  that  will  make 
my  foul  for  ever  live. 
KO  P  H. 
145.  With  my  whole  heart  to  God  I  call'd-^ 

Lord,  hear  my  earneft  cry  ; 
And  I,  thy  ftatutes  to  perform, 
•  will  all  my  care  apply. 

M  %  146.  Agam, 


S  PSALM     cxix. 

.6.  Again  more  fervently  I  pray  Vi, 
•  O  fave  me,  that  I  may 
ly  Teftimonies  throughly  know, 
and  ftedfaftly  obey. 

|  7.  My  earlier  pray'r  the  dawning  day 
prevented,  while  I  cry'd 
3  him  on  whofe  engaging  word 
my  hope  alone  rely'd. 
8.  With  zeal  have  I  awak'd  before 
,  the  midnight  watch  was  fet, 
lat  I  of  thy  myfterious  word 
might   perfect  knowledge  get. 

.9.  Lord,  hear  my  fupplicating  voice, 
and  wonted  favour  {hew  ; 
quicken  me,  and  fo  approve 
thy  judgment  ever  true. 
o.  My  perfecuting  foes  advance, 
and  hourly  nearer  draw  ; 
rhat  treatment   can  I  hope    from   them 
:  who  violate  thy  law  ? 

'i.  Tho'  they  draw  nigh,  my  comfort  is 
thou,  Lord,  art  y^t  more  near  ; 
iou,  whofe  commands  are  righteous  all, 
thy  promifes  fmccre. 
J 2*  Concerning  thy  divine  decrees, 
my  foul  has  known  of  old 
pat  they  were  true,  and  mail  their  truth 
to  endlefi  ages  hold. 

R  ES  C  H. 


PSAL  M    cxix.  4 

R  E  S'C  H. 

1-53.  Confider  my  affliction,  Lord, 
and  me  from  bondage  draw  ; 

Think  on  thy  fervant  in  diftrefs, 
who  ne'er  forgets  thy  law. 

154.  Plead  thou  my  eaufe  ;  to  that  and  \ 
thy  timely  aid  afford  \ 

With  beams  of  mercy  quicken  me 
according  to  thy  word. 

155.  From  harden'd  Sinners  thou  rcmov 
faivation  far  away, 

JTis  juft  thou  fliould'ft  withdraw  from  the 
who  from  thy  ftatutes  ftray. 

1 56.  Since  great  thy  tender  mercies  are 
to  all  who  thee  adore  \ 

According  to  thy  Judgments,  Lord, 
my  fainting  hopes  reilore. 

157.  A  numerous  hoft  of  fpiteful  foes 
againft  my  life  combine  ; 

But  all  too  few  to  force  my  foul 
thy  ftatutes  to  decline. 

158.  Thofe  bold  tranfgreffors  I  beheld, 
and  was  with  grief  opprefs'd, 

To  fee  with  what  audacious  pride 
thy  cov'nant  they  tranfgrefs'd. 

159.  Yet  while  they  flight,  confider,  Loi 
how  I  thy  precepts  love  ; 

O  therefore  quicken  me  with  Beams 
of  mercy  from  above. 

160.  - 


,ayo  FSAL  M     cxix. 

1 60.  As  from  the  birth  of  time  thy  truth. 

has  held  through  ages  paft, 
So  mall  thy  righteous  judgments,  firm, 
to  endlefs  ages  laft. 

S  C  H  I  N. 
■  i6i.Tho'  mighty  tyrants,  without  caufe, 

confpire  my  blood  to  filed, 

;Thy  facred  word  has  pow'r  alone 

to  fill  my  heart  with  dread. 

162.  And  yet  that  word  my  joyful  breafl 
with  heav'nly  rapture  warms, 

Nor  conqueft,  nor  the  fpoils  of  war, 
have  fuch.  tranfporting  charms. 

163.  Perfidious,  practices  and  lies 
I  utterly  deteft  ; 

But  to  thy  laws  affection  bear, 
too  vaft  to  be  expreft. 

164.  Sev'n  times  a  day,  with  grateful  voic^ 
thy  praifes  I  reiound, 

Becaufe  I  find  thy  judgments  all. 
with  truth  and  juftice  crown'd. 

j  6$,  Secure,  fubftantial  peace  have  they 

who  truly  love  thy  law  ; 
No  fmiling  mifchief  them  can  tempt, 

nor  frowning  danger  awe. 
j66.  For  thy  falvation  I  have  hop'd, 

and  though  fo  long  delay'd, 
With  chearful  zeal  and  ftricteft  care 

all  thy  commands  obeyM 

167,  Thy 


PSALM    exix.  37* 

tGy.  Thy  tefdmonies  I  have  kept, 

and  conftantly  obey'd  ; 
Becaufe  the  love  I  bore  to  them, 

thy  fervice  eafy  made. 
1 63.  From  ftricl  obfervance  of  thy  laws- 

I  never  yet  withdrew  ; 
Convinc'd  that  my  moll  fecret  ways 

are  open  to  thy  view. 

TA  U. 

169.  To  my  requeft  and  earneft  cry 
attend,  6  gracious  Lord  ; 

Infpire  my  heart  with  heav'nly  fkilli,. 
according  to  thy  word. 

170.  Let  my  repeated  pray?r  at  laft 
before  thy  throne  appear  ; 

According  to  thy  plighted  word 
for  my  relief  draw  near. 

17 1 .  Then  mall  my  grateful  lips  return; 
the  tribute  of  their  praife, 

When  thou  thy  counfels  haft  reveaPd, 
and  taught  me  thy  juft  ways. 

172.  My  tongue  the  praifes  of  thy  word: 
thall  thankfully  relound, 

Becaufe  thy  promifes  are  all 
with  truth  and  juftice  crown'd. 

273.  Let  thy  almighty  arm  appear, 

and  brmg  me  timely  aid  ; 
For  I  the  laws  thou  haft  ordain'd, 

my  heart's. free,  choice  have  made. 

l7A-  My 


272  PSALM     cxix,   cxx, 

174.  My  Soul  has  waited  long  to  fee 
thy  faving  grace  reftor'd  ; 

Nor  comfort  knew,  but  what  thy  laws, 
thy  heav'nly  laws  afford. 

175.  Prolong  my  life,  that  I  may  fing 
my  great  reftorer's  praife, 

Whofe  Juftice  from  the  depth  of  woes 
my   fainting  foul  ihall  raife. 

176.  Likefome  loft  fheep  I've  ftray'd,  'till  I 
defpair  my  way  to  find  : 

Thou  therefore,  Lord,  thy  fervant  feek, 
who  keeps  thy    laws  in  mind. 
PSALM    CXX. 
iTN  deep  diftrefs  I  oft  have  cry'd 
J_     To  God,  who  never  yet  deny'd 
To  refcue  me  opprefs'd  with  wrongs  ; 

2.  Once  more,  O  Lord,  Deliv'rance  fend, 
From  lying  lips  my  foul  defend, 

And  from  the  rage  of  fland'ring  tongues. 

3.  What  little  profit  can  accrue, 
And  yet  what  heavy  Wrath  is  due, 

O  thou  perfidious  tongue,  to  thee  ? 

4.  Thy  fting  upon  thyfelf  ihall  turn  ; 
Of  lafting  flames  that  fiercely  burn, 

The  conftant  fuel  thou  fhalt  be. 

5.  But  O  !  how  wretched  is  my  doom, 
Who  am  a  fojourner  become 

In  barren   Mefech's  defart  foil  ! 
With  Kedar's  wicked  tents  inclos'd, 

To 


PSALM  cxx,  cxxl  271 

To  lawlefs  lavages  expos' d, 

Who  live  on  nought  but  theft  and  fpoil 

6.  My  haplefs  dwelling  is  with  thofe 
Who  peace  and  amity  oppofe, 

And  pleafure  take  in  others  harms  : 

7.  Sweet  peace  is  all  I  court  and  feek  ; 
But  when  to  them  of  peace  I  fpeak, 

They  ftraight  cry  out,  To  Armsy  To  Arms, 
P  S  A  L    M    CXXL 
1  npO  Sion's  hill  I  lift  my  Eyes, 
A       from  thence  expecting  aid  y 

2.  From  Sion's  hill  and  Sion's  God, 
who  heav'n  and  earth  has  made. 

3.  Then,  thou  my  foul,  in  fafety  reft  \ 
thy  guardian  will  not  ileep  :     * 

4.  His  watchful  care  that  Ifr'el  guards, 
will  Ifr'el's  monarch  keep. 

5.  Shelter'd  beneath  th'  almighty's  wings. 
thou  fhalt  fecurely  reft, 

6.  Where  neither  fun  nor  moon  fhall  thee 
by  day  or  night  moleft. 

7.  From  common  Accidents  of  Life 
his  care  fhall   guard  thee.ftill  ; 

From  evils  undefign'd,  and  foes 
that  lie  in  wait  to  kill. 

8.  At  home,   abroad,  in  peace,  in  war, 
thy  God  fhall  thee  defend  ; 

Conduct  thee  thro'  life's  pilgrimage 
fafe  to  thy  Journey's  end. 

Mj  PSALM 


$74  PS  AL  M     qxxii, 

PSALM    CXXIL 
2:/^  ?Twas  a  joyful  found  to  hear 

X^J    our  tribes  devoutly  fay, 
Up  Ifr'ql,  to  the  temple  hafte, 

and  keep  your  feftal  day. 
%  At  Salem's  courts  we  mull  appear 

Wt£b,©ur  aflembled  pow'rs  ; 
^  Ifrftrong^and  beauteous  order  rang'dy 
"  Eke.  hgr  united  tow'rs  ; 

4c  'Tis  thither  by  divine  command  > 

the.  tribes  of  God  repair,, 
before  his  ark  to  celebrate 

his  name  with  Dr aife  and  pray^ix 
Tribunals  ftand  erected  there, 
where  equity  takes  place  ; 
l- he  re  ftand  the  courts  and  palaces, 
cf  royal  David's  r?.ce 

e,  ( K  pfaj  we  then,  for  Salem's  peace; ? 

for  they  ihall  profp'rous  be, 
;  Th>u  holy  Ciiy  of  our  God  !) 

who  bear  true  love  to-  thee. 
j.  May  peace  within  thy  iacred  walb 

a  CQnitant  gueft  be  found, 
With  plenty  and  profperity 

thy  palaces  be  crown'd. 

S.  For  my  dear  brethren's  fake,  and  frienac- 

no  lefs  than  brethren  dear, 
3/11  pray — May  peace  in  Salem's  tow'rs 

a.e^&ihnt  gueft  appear.. 

9-  But 


E  S  M  L  M  cxxiij  exxiiijCxxiv.  $7$ 

9,  But  moftof  allFllfeek  thy  good^, 

and  ever  wifh  thee  well, 
Eor  Sion  and  the  templet  fake, 

where  God  vouchfafes  to  dwell. 
PSA  L  \M  CXXIII. 
i^/^XNthee,  who  dwell' ft  above  the  fkies^ 
i\^JP  For  mercy  wait  my  longing  eyes  $, 
As  fervants  watch  their  mailers  hands, 
And  maids  their  miilreffes  commands*. 
3,4.  O  then  have  mercy  on  us,  Lord3 
Thy  gracious  aid  to  us  afford: 
To  us  whom  cruel  foes  opprefs, 
Grown  rich  and  proud  by  our  diftrefsv 

PSA  L  M    CXKIV, 
iT  TAD  not  the  Lord  (may  Ifr'el  fay) 
J,  A     been  pleas'd  to  interpofe, 
2..  Had  he  not  then  efpous'd  our  caufe, 

when  men  againft.  us  rofe. 
3,4,5.  Their  wrath  had  fwallow'd  us  alive, 

and  rag'd  without  controul  : 
Their  fpite  and  pride's  united  floods 

had  quite  overwhelm' d  our  foul. 

6.  But  prais'd  be  our  eternal  Lord?, 
who-refcu'd  us  that  day, 

Nor  to  their  favage  jaws  gave  up^ 
our  threat'ned  lives  a  prey. 

7.  Our  foul  is  like  a  bird  efcap'd 
from  out  the  fowler's  net  ; 

The  fnare  is  broke,  their  hopes  are  crofs'cr^ 
and  we  at  freedom  let. 

8»    Secnrs 


276     PSALM  cxxiv,  cxxv,  cxxvi. 

8.  Secure  in  his  almighty  name, 

our  confidence  remains, 
Who,  as  he  made  both  heaven  and  earth, 
of  both  fole  monarch  reigns. 
PSALM  CXXV. 
I^W THO  place  onSion's  God  their  truft, 

_  VV  . lik^  Sion's  rock  ihall  Hand  ; 
Like  her  immoveable  be  fix'd 
by  his  almighty  hand. 

2.  Look  how  the  hills  on  ev*ry  fide 
Jerufalem  enclofe, 

So  Hands  the  Lord  around  his  faints, 
to  guard  them  from  their  foes. 

3.  The  wicked  may  afHicl:  the  jult, 
but  ne'er  too  long  opprefs, 

Nor  force  him  by  defpair  to  feek 
bafe  means  for  his  redrefs. 

4.  Be  good,  O  righteous  God,  to  thofe 
who  righteous  deeds  affect  : 

The  heart  that  innocence  retains, 
let  innocence  protect* 

5.  All  thofe  who  walk  in  crooked  paths, 
the  Lord  ihall  foon  deftroy  ; 

Cut  off  th'  unjuft,  but  crown  the  faints 
with  lafting  peace  and  joy. 

PSALM     CXXVI. 
i~^  THEN  Sion's  God  her  fons  recalled 

\ \       from  long  captivity, 
It  feem'd  at  firft  a  pleafing  dream 
of  what  we  wiflx'd  to  fee   : 

2.  But 


PSALM      cxxv,  cxxvi.         277 

2.  But  foon,  in  unaccuflom'd  mirth, 
we  did  our  voice  employ, 

And  fung  our  great  Creator's  praife 
in  thankful  hymns   of  joy. 

Our  heathen  foes  repining  flood, 

yet  were  compell'd  to  own, 
That  great  and  wond'rous  was  the  work 

our  God  for  us  had   done. 

3.  ?Twas  great,  fay  they,   'twas  wond'rous 
much  more  mould  we  confefs  ;     (great. 

The  Lord  has  done  great  things,   whereof 
we  reap  the  glad  fuccefs. 

4.  To  us  bring  back  the  remnant,  Lord, 
of  Ifr'el's  captive  bands, 

More  welcome  than  fefrefhing  fhow'rs 
to   parch'd   and  thirfly  Lands. 

5.  That  we,whofe  work  commenc'd  in  tears 
may  fee  our  labours  thrive, 

3 Till  finifh'd  with  fuccefs,  to  make 
our  drooping  hearts  revive, 

6.  Tho'  he  difponds  that  fows  his  grain, 
yet  doubtlefs  he  fhall  come 

To  bind  his  full-ear'd  fheaves,  and  bring 
the  joyful  harvefl  home. 

PSALM  CXXVII. 
1  "ITTE  build  with  fruitlefs  coft,  unlefs 

VV       the  Lord  the  pile  fuftain  ; 
Unlefs  the  Lord  the  city  keep, 
the  watchman  wakes  in  vain  : 

a»  Is 


278         PSALM  cxxvii,  cxxviii. 

a,  In  vain  we  rife  before  the  day,, 

and  late  to  reft  repair  ; 
Allow  no  refpite  to  our  toil, 

and  eat  the  bread  of  care. 

Supplies  of  life5  with  eale  to  them, 

he  on  his  faints  beftows  ; 
He  crowns  their  labour  with  fuccefs,. 

their  nights  with  found  repofe. 
3.   Children*  thofe  comforts  of  ourlife^ 

are  prefencs  from, the  Lord  ; 
lie  gives  a  numerous  race  of  heirs, 

as  piety ' s  reward,. 

4..  As  arrows  in  a  giant's  hand, 
when  marching  forth  to  war, 
Ev'n  fo  the  fonsof  fprightly  youths 

their  parents  (lifeguard  are. 
3.  Happy  the  man  whofe  quiver's  fill'd'. 

with  thefe  prevailing  arms  ; 
He  needs  not  fear  to  meet  his  foe, 
at  law,  or  war's  alarms. 

F  S  A  L  M    CXXV1II. 
try^HEman  isbleft  who  fears  the  Lord^ 

nor  only  word  ip  pays. 
But  keeps  his  fteps .coniin'd  with  care 

to  his  appointed  ways. 
a.  He  (hall  upon  the  fweet  returns 

of  his  own  labour  feed  ! 
Without  dependence  ]jve,  and  fee 
his  wifhes  all  fucceed, 

3.  ffis^ 


F  S  A  L  M    cxxviii.     cxxix*  2^9 , 

3^  His  wife,  like  a  fair  fertile  vine? 

her  lovely  fruit  fhall  bring  ; 
His  children,  like  young  olive  plants, 

about  his  table,  fpring  : 
4P$.  Who  fears  the  Lord,  fhall  profper  thus  ?;. 

him  Sion's  God  fhall  hi efs  ; 
And  grant  him,  all  his  days  to  fee 

Jerufalem's  fuccefs. 

6.  He  fhall  live  on,  'till  heirs  from  him^ 

defcend  with  vaft  increafe  : 
Much  biefs'd  in  his  own  profp'rous  ftate^ 

and  more,  in, Ifr5 el's  peace. 

P  &;AL  M    CXXIX. 
1 IpROM  my  youth  up,  may  Ifr'el  fay5 
JJ       they  oft  have  me  affail  'd, 

2.  Reduc'd.me  oft  to  heavy  Uraits, 
but  never  quite  prevaiPd. 

3.  They  oft  have  plowed  my  patient  back; 
with  furrows  deep  and  long  : 

4.  But  ourjuft  God  has  broke  their  chains*, 
and  refcu  d  us  from  wrong. 

5.  Defeat,  confufion,  fhameful  rout 
be  ftill  the  doom  of  thofe, 

Their  righteous  doom,  who  Sion  hate? 
and  Si  oil's  God  oppofe. 

6.  Like  corn  upon  our  houfes  tops, 
untimely  let  them  fade, 

Which  too  much  heat,  and  want  of  root: 
has  blafledin  the  blade  : 

j.  Whicfc 


280         PSALM     cxxix,  cxxx. 

7.  Which  in  his  arms  no  reaper  takes, 

but  unregarded  leaves  ; 
Nor  binder  thinks  it  worth  his  pains 

to  fold  it  into  fheaves. 
3.  No  traveller  that  pafles  by, 

vouchfafes  a  minute's  flop, 
To  give  it  one  kind  look,  or  crave 

heav'n's  bl effing  on  the  crop. 
PSALM  CXXX, 
1  XT1  ROM  loweft  depths  of  woe 
Jj       to  God  I  fent  my  cry  ; 

2.  Lord,  hear  my  fnpplicating  voice, 
and  gracioufly  reply. 

3.  Should'ft  thou  feverely  judge, 
who  can  the  trial  bear  ? 

4.  But  thou  forgiv'ft,  lead  we  defpond, 
and  quite  renounce  thy  fear. 

5.  My  foul  with  patience  waits 
for  thee  the  living  Lord  ; 

My  hopes  are  on  thy  promife  ^built, 
thy  never-failing  word. 

6.  My  longing  eyes  look  out 
for  thy  enliv'ning  ray, 

More  duly  than  the  morning  watch 
to  fpy  the  dawning  day. 

7.  Let  Ifr'el  truft  in  God, 

no  bounds  his  mercy  knows  ; 
Theplen  teousfource  and  fpring  from  whencf 
eternal  fuccour  flows. 

8.  Whofi 


PS    A  L  M  cxxx,  cxxxi,  cxxxii.  28  f 

8.  Whole  friendly  ftreams  to  us 
fupplies  in  want  convey  ; 
A  healing  ipring3  a  fpring  to  cleanfe3 
and  warn  our  guilt  away. 

PSALM     CXXXI. 

OLord  I  am  not  proud  of  heart, 
nor  call  a  fcomful  eye  ; 
Nor  my  afpiring  thoughts  employ 
in  things  for  me  too  high. 

2.  With  infant  innocence  thou  know'ft 
I  have  my  felf  demean 'd  ; 

Compos' d  to  quiet,  like  a  babe 
that  from  the  bread  is  wean'd. 

3.  Like  me  let  Ffr'el  hope  In  God 
his  aid  alone  implore  ; 

Both  now  and  ever  triift  in  him, 
who  lives  for  evermore. 

PSALM  CXXXII. 
1 T    ET  David,  Lord  a  conftant  place 
■  1  j     in  thy  remembrance  iind  ; 
Let  all  theforrows  he  endur'd, 
be  ever  in  thy  mind. 

2.  Remember  what  a  folemn  oath 
to  thee,  his  Lord,  he  fwore  ; 

How  to  the  mighty  God  he  vow'd, 
whom  Jacob's  fons  adore  : 

3,  4.  I  will  not  go  into  my  houfe, 
nor  to  my  bed  afcend  | 

No  foft  repofe  ihall  clofe  my  eyes, 

nor  fieep  my  eye-lids  bend  ;         5.  -'Till 


2&J  P  S  A  L  M  cxxxm 

5.  'Till  for  the  Lord's  defign'd  abode 

I  mark  the  deftin'd  ground  ; 
'Till  I  a  decent  place  of  reft 

for  Jacob's  God  have  found. 

5.  Th'  appointed  place  with  fhouts  of  joy, 

at  Ephra'  1  we  foimd, 
And  made  the  woods  and  neighb'ring  fields 

our  glad  applaufe  refound. 

7.  O  with,  due  rev'rence  let  us  then 
to  his  abode  repair  ; 

And,  proftrate  at  his  footftool  falPn, 
pour  cut  our  humble  pray'r. 

8.  A  rife,  O  Lord,  and  now  poffefs 
thy  conftant  place  of  reft  ; 

Be  that,  not  only  with  thy  ark, 

but  with  thy  prefence  bleft. 
9,10.  Cloath  thou  thy  Prieftswithrighteoui-i 

make  thou  thy  faints  rejoice  ;         [nefs, 
And  for  thy  fervant  David's  fake, 

hear  thy  anointed' s  voice, 

11.   God  fware  to  David  in  his  truth,. 

(nor  mall  his  oath  be.  vain) 
One  of  thy  offspring  after  thee 

upon  thy  throne  mall  reign  : 
i-i.   And  if  thy  feed  my  cov'nant  keep, 

and  to  my  laws  fubmit  ; 
Their  children  too  upon  thy  throne 

&r  evermore  ihall  lit. 

13,  14.  Foi 


F'  S  A  L.  M  cxxxii  cxxxiii:  2  S3: 

3,   14.  For  Sion  does,  in  God's  efleeni. 

all  other  feats  excel  ; 
lis  place  of  everlafting  red:, 

where  he  deiires  to  dwell. 
5, 1 6.  Her  ftore,  fays  he,  I  will  increafe^ 

her  poor  with  plenty  blefs  ; 
fer  faints  fhall  fhont  for  joy,  her  priefts 

my  faving;  health  confefs. 

7.  There  David's  powV  fhall  long  remain 
in  his  fuceeffive  line, 

und  my  anointed  fervant  there 
i  {hall  with  frefh  luftre  ihine. 

8.  The  faces  of  his  vanquilh'd  fues 
Confufi  on  fhall  o'erfpread  ; 

fVKilfb  with  confirmed iucceis  his  crown 
fhall  flourifh  on  his  head. 

P  S  A  L  M    CXXXIII. 

HOW  vaft  muft  their  advantage  be  j 
how  great  their  pleafure  prove.1, 
Vho  live  like  brethren,  and  confent 
in  offices  of  love  ! 
.  True  love  is  like  that  precious  oili 

which,  pour'd  on  Aaron's  head, 
tan  down  his  beard,  and  o'er  his  robes 
its  coftly  moifture  fhed, 

.    'Tis  like  refrefhing  dew,  which  does^ 

on  Hermon's  top  diftill  ; 
)r  like  the  early  drops  that  fall 

QixSion's  fruitful  hill, 

4,  For 


284  PSALM  cxxxiv,    cxxxv. 

4.  For  God  to  all,  whofe  friendly  hearts 

with  mutual  love  abound, 
Has  firmly  promis'd  length  of  days 

with  conitant  bleffings  crown'd. 

P  S  A  L  M  CXXXVI. 
1 TY  LESS  God,  ye  fervants  that  attend 
Jj     upon  his  folemn  it  ate, 
That  in  his  temple,  night  by  night, 

with  humble  rev'rence  wait  : 
2,3.  Within  his  houle  lift  up  your  hands 

and  blefs  his  holy  name  ; 
From  Sion  blefs  thy  Ifr'el,  Lord, 
who  heav'n  and  earth  didft  frame. 

PSALM     CXXXV. 
1  /^\  Praife  the  Lord  with  one  confent^ 

V^/      and  magnify  his  name  j 
Let  all  the  fervants  of  the  Lord 
his  worthy  praife  proclaim. 

2.  Praife  him  all  ye  that  in  his  houfe 
attend  with  conitant  care  ; 

With  thofe  that  to  his  outmofl  courts 
with  humble  zeal  repair. 

3.  For  this  our  trueft  IntVeft  is 
glad  hymns  of  praife  to  fing  ; 

And  with  loud  fongs  to  blefs  his  name, 
a  moil  delightful  thing. 

4.  For  God  his  own  peculiar  choice 
the  fons  of  Jacob  makes.  ; 

And  If' el's  offspring  for  his  own 

moil  valu'd  treafurc  takes.  5.  Th 


PSALM     cxxxv.  285 

That  God  is  great,  we  often  have 
by  glad  experience  found  ; 
ad  feen  how  he  with  wond'rous  pow'r 
above  all  gods  is  crown'd. 

For  he  with  unrefifted  ftrength 
performs  his  fov'reign  will  ; 
heav'n  and  earth,  and  watry  Stores 
that  earth's  deep  caverns  fill. 

He  raifes  vapours  from  the  ground, 
which  poiz'd  in  liquid  air, 
11^  down  at  laft  in  mow'rs  thro'  which 
his  dreadful  lightnings  glare  : 
He  from  his  ftore-houfe  brings  the  winds; 
and  he  with  vengeful  hand, 

e  firft-bom  flew  of  man  and  beaft, 

hro'  Egypt's  mourning  land. 

He  dreadful  figns  and  wonders  fliew'd 
hro'  ftubborn  Egypt's  coafts, 
r  Pharaoh  could  his  plagues  efcape, 
lor  all  his  num'rous  hofts. 
1 1.  ?Twas  he  that  various  nations  fmote. 
fed  mighty  kings  fupprefs'd  ; 
on  and  Og,  and  all  befides 
vho  .Canaan's  land  poffefs'd. 

13.  Their  land  upon  his  chofen  race 
ie  firmly  did  entail  ; 

which  his  fame  ihall  always  laft, 
is  praife  ihall  never  fail. 


14.  For 


£.86         P  S  A  L  M   cxxxv. 

14.  For  God  fhallfoon  his  people's  caufe 
with  pitying  eyes  furvey  ; 

Repent  him  of  his  wrath  and  turn 
his  kindled  rage  away. 

15.  Thofe  idols,  whofe  falfe  wcrfhip  fpreads 
o'er  all  the  heathen  lands, 

Are  made  of  filver  and  of  gold, 

the  work  of  human  hands. 
>i  6, 1  /.They  move  not  their  fictitious  tongues^ 

nor  fee  with  polifh'd  eyes  ; 
Their  counterfeited  ears  are  deaf, 

no  breath  their  mouth  fupplies. 

18.  As  fenfelefs  as  themfelves  are  they 
that  all  their  Ikill  apply 

To  make  them,  or  in  dang'rous  times     - 
on  them  for  aid  rely. 

19.  Their  juft  returns  of  thanks  to  God9 
let  grateful  Ifr'el  pay  ; 

Nor  let  the  priefts  of  Aaron's  race 

to  blefs  the  Lord  delay. 
10.  Their  fenfe  of  hisunbeunded  love 

let  Levi's  houfe  exprefs  5 
And  let  all  thofe  that  fear  the  Lord, 

his  name  for  ever  blefs. 
■1 1  .Let  all  with  thanks  his  wond'rous  work? 

in  Sion's  courts  proclaim  ; 
Let  them  in  Salem,  where  he  dwells, 

exalt  his  holy  name, 

P  S  A  L  M 


■■It  S  K  LM  SgdfeA  a% 

P  S  A  L  M    CXXXVI. 

I  ^T^O  God  the  mighty  Lord, 

j[        Your  joyful  thanks  repeat:: 
To  him  due  praife  afford, 
As  good  as  he  is  great. 
For  God  does  prove 
Our  conft-an-t  friend, 
His  boundlefs  love 
Shall  never  ^end. 

2,  3.  To  him  whofe  wond'rous.pow'r 

All  other  Gods  obey, 
Whom  earthly  kings  adore, 

This  grateful  homage  pay  4 
For  God,  &c. 

5.  By  his  almighty  hand 
Amazing  works  are  wrought  ^ 
The  heav'ns  by  his  command 
Were  to  perfection -brought. 
For  God,  &c. 
15.  He  fpread  the  ocean  round 

About  the  fpacious  land  ; 
knd  made  the  riling  ground 
Above  the  waters  ftand. 
For  God,  &Cs 

7,  8,  9.  Thro'  heav'n  he  did  difplay 

His  numerous  hofts  of  light  5 
The  fun  to  rule  by  day, 

The  moon  and  liars  by  night. 
For  God,  &c. 

10,  tu  12,  H« 


288  PS   UM    cxxxvi. 

10,1 1,1 2.  He  ft  ruck  the  firft-born  dead 

Of  Egypt's  ftubborn  land  ; 
And  thence  his  people  led 

With  his  refiftlefs  hand. 
For  God,6v. 

13,  14.  By  him  the  raging  fea, 

As  if  in  pieces  rent, 
Difclos'd  a  middle  way, 

Through  which  his  people  went. 
For  God,  &c 

15.  Where  foon  he  overthrew 

Proud  Pharaoh  and  his  hoft, 
Who  daring  to  purfue, 
were  in  the  billows  loft. 
For  God,  &c. 

*6,  17,  18.  Thro'  defarts  vaft  and  wild 

He  led  the  chofen  feed  ; 
And  famous  princes  foil'd, 

And  made  great  monarch's  bleed. 
For  God,  6v. 

19.  20  Sihon,  whofe  potent  hand 
Great  Amnion's  fcepter  fway'd  ; 

And  Og,  whofe  ft  em  command 
rich  Bafhan's  land  obey'd. 
For  God,  &c. 

2i?  22.  And  of  his  wond'rous  grace, 
Their  lands,  whom  he  deftroy'd, 

He 


P  SAL  M     cxxxvi,  cxxxvii.       289 

He  gave  to  Ifr'el's  race, 
to  be  by  them  enjoy 'd, 
For  God,  &c. 

33,  24.  He,  in  our  depth  of  woes. 

On  us  with  favour  thought, 
And  from  our  cruel  foes 
In  peace  and  fafety  brought, 
For   God  &x. 
25,  26.  He  does  the  food  fupply, 

On  which  all  creatures  live  : 
To  God  who  reigns  on  high 
Eternal  praifes.give. 

For  God  will  prove 
Our  conftant  friend, 
His  boundlefs  love 
Shall  never  end. 
PSALM    CXXXVIL 
^i^yHENwe,  ourweary'd  limbs  to  reft, 
Sat  down  by  proud  Euphrates  ftream, 
We  wept,  with  doleful  thoughts  oppreft, 
And  Sion  was  our  mournful  theme. 

2.  Our  harps,  that  when  with  joy  we  fung 
Were  wont  their  tuneful  parts  to  bear, 
With  filent  firings  neglected  hung 

On  willow-trees  that  wither'd  there, 

3.  Mean  while  our  foes,  who  all  confpir'd 
To  triumph  in  our  flavim  wrongs, 
JMufick  and  mirth  of  us  requir'd, 

™  Come,  fing  us  one  of  Sion's  fongs." 

N  4.  Hm 


£9°       PSALM  cxxxvii,  cxxxvlii. 

4.  How  fhall  we  tune  our  voice  to  fing  ? 
Or  touch  our  harps  with  fkilful  hands  ? 
Shall  hymns  of  joy  to  God  our  king 
Befung  by  flaves  in  foreign  lands  ? 

5.  O  Salem,  our  once  happy  feat  ! 
When  I  of  thee  forgetful  prove, 
Let  then  my  trembling  hand  forget 
The  fpeaking  firings  with  art  to  move  ! 

6.  If  I  to  mention  thee  forbear, 
Eternal  filence  feize  my  tongue  ; 
Or  if  I  fing  one  cheai  ful  air, 
'Till  thy  dehVrance  is  my  fong  ! 

7.  Remember,  Lord,  how  Edom's  race, 
In  thy  own  city's  fatal  day, 

Cry'd  out,      "  her  flately  walls  deface, 
"  And  with  the  ground  quite  level  lay.  " 

8.  Proud  BabePs  daughter,  doom'd  to  be 
Of  grief  and  woe  the  wretched  prey, 
BlefVd  is  the  man,  who  fhall  to  thee 
The  wrongs  thou  laid'ft  on  us,  repay. 

9.  Thrice  blefs'd,  who  with  jufl  rage  pofTeft, 
And  deaf  to  all  the  parents  moans, 

Shall  fnatch  thy  Infants  from  the  breafl, 
And  dafh  their  heads  againfl  the  flones. 
PSALM    CXXXV11I. 

With  my  wholeheart,myGodandking 
thy  praife  I  will  proclaim  ; 
Before  the  Gods  with  joy  I'll  fing, 
and  blefs  thy  holy  name. 

2.  I'll 


P  S   K  L  M     cxxxviii.  291 

v.  I'll  worfhip  at  thy   facred  feat ; 

and  with  thy  love  infpir'd, 
The  praifes  of  thy  truth  repeat, 

o'er  all  thy  works  admir'd. 

3,  Thou  gracioufly  inclin'dft  thine  ear, 
when  I  to  thee  did  cry  ; 

And  when  my  foul  was  prefs'd  with  fear, 

didft  inward  ftrength  fupply. 
.4.  Therefore  fhall  ev'ry  earthly  prince 

thy  name  with  praife  purfue, 
Whom  thefe  admir'd  events  convince 

that  all  thy  works  are  true. 

5.  They  all  thy  wond'rous  ways,  O  Lord,, 
with  chearful  fongs  fhall  blefs  5 

And  all  thy  glorious  acts  record, 
thy  awful  pow'r  cpnfefs. 

4.  For  God,  altho'  enthron'd  on  high, 
does  thence  the  poor  refpect  y 

The  proud  far-off,  his  fcornful  eye 
beholds  with  juft  neglect. 

7.  Tho'  I  with  troubles  am  opprefs'd, 

he  fhall  my  foes  difarm, 
Relieve  my  foul  when  moft  diflrefs'd, 

and  keep  me  fafe  from  harm. 
B.  The  Lord,  whofe  mercies  ever  laft, 

fliafl  fix  my  happy  ftate  ; 
And  mindful  of  his  favours  paft, 

ihall  his  own  work  com  pleat. 

U  a  PSALM 


*$z         P.3  A  L  M    cxxxix. 

PSALM    CXXXIX. 
i.TPHOU  Lord,  by  ftiicteft  fearch  haft 
i.     I  Myrifingupandlyingdown;[known 
My  fecret  thoughts  are  known  to  thee, 
Known  long  before  conceiv'd  by  me. 

3.  Thine  eye  my  bed  and  path  furveys, 
My  publick  haunts  and  private  ways  ; 

4.  Thou  know'ft  what  'tis  my  lips  would 
My  yet  unutter'd  words  intent.         £vent9 

5.  Surrounded  by  thy  pow'r  I  fland, 
On  ev'ry  fide  I  find  thy  hand. 

6.  O  Ikill,  for  human  reach  too  high  ! 
Too  dazzling  bright  for  mortal  eye  ! 

7.  O  could  I  fo  perfidious  be. 
To  think  of  once  deferring  thee, 
Where,  Lord,  could  I  thy  Influence  fhun  ; 
Or  whither  from  thy  prefence  run  ? 

8.  if  up  to  heav'n  I  take  my  flight, 

*Tis  there  thou  dwell'ft  enthron'd  in  light : 

Or  fink  to  hell's  infernal  plains, 

'Tis  there  almighty  vengeance  reigns. 

9.  If  I  the  morning's  wings  could  gain, 
And  fly  beyond  the  weftern  main, 

10.  Thy  fwifter  hand  would  firft  arrive, 
And  their  arreft  thy  fugitive. 

11.  Or  fhould  I  try  to  fhun  thy  fight 
Beneath  the  fable  wings  of  night  ; 
One  glance  from  thee,  one  piercing  ray 
Would  kindle  darknefs  into  day. 

12.  The 


PSALM    cxx^dx,  293 

1 2.  The  vale  of  night  is  no  difguife, 
No  fcreen  from  thy  all-fearching  eyes  : 
Thro'  midnight  fhades  thou  find'ft  thy  way 
As  in  the  blazing  noon  of  day. 

13.  Thou  know'ft  the  texture  of  my  heart 
My  reins  and  ev'ry  vital  part  ; 

Each  iingle  thread,  in  nature's  loom, 
By  thee  was  eover'd  in  the  womb. 

14.  Fll  praife  thee  from  whole  hands  I  came 
A  work  of  fuch  a  curious  frame  ; 

The  wonders  thou  in  me  haft  mown. 
My  foul  with  grateful  joy  rauft  own, 

15.  Thine  eyes  my  fubftance  did  furvey* 
While  yet  a  lifelefs  mafs.  it  lay* 

In  fecret  how  exactly  wrought, 
E'er  from  its  dark  inclofure  brought. 

1 6.  Thou  didft  the  fhapelefs  embrio  fee* 
Its  parts  were  regiftred  by  thee  : 

Thou  faw'ft  the  daily  growth  they  took, 
Form'd  by  the  model  of  thy  book. 

17.  Let  me  acknowledge  too,  O  God, 
That  iince  this  maze  of  life  I  trod, 
Thy  thoughts  of  love  to  me  fur  mount 
The  powV  of  numbers  to  recour :. 

18.  Far  fooner  could  I  reckon  o'er 
The  fands  upon  the  ocean's  fin  ore  r 
Each  morn  reviling  what  I've  done9 
I  find  th'  account  but  new  begun, 

19 e   The 


*94         PSAL  M  cxxxix,  cxL. 

19.  The  wicked  thou  ihall  flay,  O  God: 
Depart  from  me,  ye  mjen  of  blood, 

20.  Whofe  tongues  heav'n's  majefty  profane- 
And  take  th'  almighty's  name  in  vain. 

21.  Lord,  hate  not  I  their  impious  crew,. 
Who  thee  with  enmity  purfue  ? 

And  does  not  grief  my  heart  opprefs, 
When  reprobates  thy  law  tranfgrefs  ? 

iz.  Who  practife  enmity  to  thee, 

Shall  utmoft  hatred  have  from  me  y 

Such  Men  I  utterly  deteil:, 

As  if  they  were  my  foes  prof  eft. 

13,24.  Search,  try,  O  God,  my  thoughts  and 

If  mifchief  lurks  in  any  part  ;  [Heart,. 

Correct  me  where  I  go  aftray, 

And  guide  me  in  thy  perfect  way. 

PSAL  M     CXL. 
JT3^e^erve  me>  ^ord?  from  crafty  foes: 
JL        °^  treacherous  intent  ; 

2.  And  from  the  fons  of  violence, 
on  open  miichief  bent. 

3.  Their  fland'ring  tongues  the  ferpent's 
in  fharpnefs  does  exceed  :  [Sting 

Between  their  lips  the  gall  of  afps 
and  adders  venom  breed. 

4.  Preferve  me,  Lord,  from  wicked  hands, 
nor  leave  my  foul  forlorn, 

A  prey  to  fons  of  violence, 
who  have  my  ruin  fworn, 

5.  The 


PSALM    cxI.  295 

5.  The  proud  for  me  have  laid  their  fnare9 
and  fpread  their  wily  net  ; 

With  traps  and  gins  where-e'er  I  move, 
I  find  my  fteps  befet. 

6.  But  thus  environ'd  with  diftrefs, 
thou  are  my  God  1  faid  ; 

Lord,  hear  my  fupplicating  voice, 
that  calls  to  thee  for  aid. 

7.  O  Lord,  the  God  whofe  faving  ftrength 
kind  fuccour  did  convey, 

And  cover'd  my  advent'rous  head 
in  battle's  doubtful  day  ; 

8.  Permit  not  their  unjufl  defigns 
to  anfwer  their  defire  ; 

Left  they,  encourag'd  by  fuccefs, 

to  bolder  crimes  afpire. 
§,  Let  firft  their  chiefs  the  fad  efieci's 

of  their  Injuftice  mourn  ; 
The  blaft  of  their  envenonvd  breath, 

upon  them  felves  return. 

1  a.   Let  them  who  kindled  iirfh  the  flame, 

its  facrifice  become  ; 
The  pit  they  digg'd  for  me,  be  made 

their  own  untimely  tomb. 
1 1,  Tho'flander's  breath  may  raiie  a  Horm* 

it  quickly  will  decay  ; 
Their  rage  does  but  the  torrent  fwell, 

that  bears  themfelves  away. 

12.  God 


i$6        PSALM     cxI.    cxli; 

12.  God  will  affert  the  poor  man's  caufe, 

and  fpeedy  fuccour  give  ; 
The  jufl  fhall  celebrate  his  praife, 

and  in  his  prefence  live. 

PSALM     CXLI. 

TO  thee,  O  Lord,  my  cries  afcend, 
O  haft  to  my  relief  ; 
And  with  accuftom*  d  pity  hear 
the  accents  of  my  grief. 

2.  Inftead  of  oft"' rings  let  my  pray'r 
like  morning  incenfe  rift? ; 

My  lifted  hands  fupply  the  place 
of  ev'ning  facrifice. 

3.  fromhafty  language  curb  my  tongue,, 
and  let  a  conftant  guard 

Still  keep  the  portal  of  my  lips, 
with  wary  filence  barr'd. 

4.  From  wicked  mens  deligns  and  deeds, 
my  heart  and  hands  reftrain  ; 

Nor  let  me  in  the  booty  ihare 
of  their  unrighteous  gain. 

5.  Let  upright  men  reprove  my  faults, 
and  I  lhall  think  them  kind  ; 

Like  balm  that  heals  a  wounded  head, 

I  there  reproof  fhall  find  ; 
And  in  return,  my  fervent  pray'r 

I  fhall  for  them  addrefs, 
When  they  are  tempted  and  reduc'd. 

like  me,  to  fore  diftrefs. 

6.  When 


PSALM  cxli,  cxlK.  297 

6.  When  fkulking  in  Engedi's  rock, 
I  to  their  chiefs  appeal, 

If  one  reproachful  word  I  fpoke, 
when  I  had  pow'r  to  kill. 

7.  Yet  us  they  prefecute  to  death?; 
our  fcatter'd  ruins  lie, 

As  thick  as  from  the  hewer's  ax,- 
the  fever*  d  fplinters  fly. 

8.  But,  Lord,  to  thee  I  ftill  direct 
my  fupplieating  eyes, 

O  leave  not  deftitute  my  foul, 

whofe  truft  on  thee  relies. 
9.-  Do  thou  preferve  me  from  the  fn  ares- 

that  wicked  hands  have  laid 
Let  them  in  their  own  nets  be  caught, 
while  my  efcape  is  made. 

FLALM     CXLII. 
1  ^T^O  God  with  mournful  voice 
X       in  deep  diftrefs  I  pray'd  ; 
1*  Made  him  the  umpire  jof  my  caufe, 
my  wrongs  before  him  laid. 

3.  Thou  didft  my  fteps  direct 
when  my  griev'd  foul  defpair'd  y 

For  where  I  thought  to  walk  fecure, 
they  had  their  traps  prepar'd. 

4.  I  look'd,  but  found  no  friend 
to  own  me  in  diftrefs  ; 

All  refuge  f aiPd,  no  man  vouchfaf 'd 
his  pity  or  redrefs. 

N  5  5~  T0 


*9&  PSALM     cxlii,  cxliii. 

5.  To  God  at  laft  I  pray'd, 
thou,  Lord,  my  refuge  art, 

My  portion  in  the  land  of  life, 
'till  life  itfelf  depart. 

6.  Reduc'd  to  greateft  {traits,, 
to  thee  I  make  my  moan  ; 

O  fave  me  from   oppreffive  foes, 
for  me  too  pow'rful  grown, 

7.  That  I  may  praife  thy  name. 
my  foul  from  prifon  bring  ; 

Whilft  of  thy  kind  regard  to  me, 
affembled  faints  lhall  fing. 

PSALM    CXLITI. 
iT     ORD,  hear  my  pray'r,  and  to  my  cry 

jj   j     thy  wonted  audience  lend  > 
In  thy  accuftom'd  faith  and  truth 
a  gracious  anfwer  fend. 

2.  Nor  at  thy  ftrift  tribunal  bring 
thyfervant  to  be  try'd  ; 

For  in  thy  fight  no  living  man 
can  e'er  be  juftify'd. 

3.  The  fpiteful  foe  purfues  my  life, 
whofe  comforts  all  are  fied  ; 

He  drives  me  into 'caves  as  dark 
as  manfions  of  the  dead. 

4.  My  fpirit  therefore  is  o'erwhelm'd,. 
and  links  within  my  breaft  ; 

My  mournful  heart  grows  deiolate, 
with  heavy  woes  oppreft 

5.  I 


PSALM     cxliii  199 

5.  I  call  to  mind  the  days  of  old, 
and  wonders  thou  haft  wrought  i 

My  former  dangers  and  efcapes 
employ  my  muiing  thought. 

6.  To  thee  my  hands  in  humble  prayer 
I  fervently  ftretch  out  ; 

My  foul  for  thy  refrefhment  thirfts, 
like  land  oppreft  with  drought. 

7.  Hear  me  with  fpeed  ;  my  fpirit  fails  5 
thy  face  no  longer  hide, 

Left  I  become  forlorn,  like  them 

that  in  the  grave  refide. 
g.  Thy  kindnefs  early  let  me  hear, 

whofe  truft  on  thee  depends  ; 
Teach  me  the  way  where  I  mould  go 

my  foul  to  thee  afcends. 

9.  Do  thou,  O  Lord,  from  all  my  foes 

preferve  and  fet  me  free  j 
A  fafe  retreat  againft  their  rage, 

my  foul  implores  from  thee. 
1  o.  Thou  art  my  God,  thy   righteous  will 

inftrucl:  me  to  obey  ; 
Let  thy  good  fpirit  lead  and  keep 

my  foul  in  thy  right  way. 

1 1.  O  for  the  fake  of  thy  great  name 

revive  my  drooping  heart : 
For  thy  truth's  fake  to  me  diftrefs'd, 

thy  promis'd  aid  impart. 


12»-£fi 


o©  PSALM    cxliv. 


12.  Ill  pity  to  my  fuft'rings,  Lord, 

reduce  my  foes  to  mame  ; 
Slay  them  that  perfecute  a  foul 
devoted  to  thy  name. 

P  S  A  L  M     CXLIV. 
iT?OR  ever  bleft  be  God  the  Lord, 
J7     Who  does  his  needful  air  impart, 
At  once  both  ftrength  and  fkill  afford 
To  wield  my  arms  with  warlike  art. 

2.  His  goodnefs  is  my  fort  and  tow'r, 
My  ftrong  deliverance  and  my  fhield  ; 
In  him  I  tr  lift,  whofc  matchlefs  pow'r 
Makes  to  my  fway  fierce  nations  yield. 

3.  Lord  what's  in  man,  that  thou  fliould'ft 
Such  tender  care  of  him  to  take  ;         [love 
What  in  his  offspring  could  thee  move 
Such  great  account  of  him  to  make  ? 

4.  The  life  of  man  does  quickly  fade, 
His  thoughts  but  empty  are  and  vain  y 
His,  days  are  like  a  flying  made, 

Of  whofe  ffaprt  flay  no  figns  remain. 

5.  Infolem-n  fta-te,  O  God  defcend, 
Whilft  heav'n  its  lofty  head  inclines  % 
The  fmoking  hills  afunder  rend, 

Of  thy  approach  the  awful  figns. 

6.  Discharge  thy  dreadful  lightning  round, 
And  make  thy  fcatter'd  foes  retreat  ;. 
Them  with  thy  pointed  arrows  wound, 
And  their  deilruction  foon  com  pleat. 

7,  8.  Do 


PSALM    cxliv.  301 

j, 8.  Do  thou  O  Lord,  from  heav'n  engage 
Thy  boundlefs  pow'r  my  foes  to  quell, 
And  fnatch  me  from  the  ftormy  rage 
Of  threat'ning  waves  that  proudly  fwell. 
Fight  thou  againft  my  foreign  foes, 
Who  utter  fpeeches  falfe  and  vain  ; 
Who  tho'  in  folemn  leagues  they  clofe, 
Their  fworn  engagements  ne'er  maintain* 

9.  So  I  to  thee,  O  king  of  kings, 

In  joyful  hymns  my  voice  fhall  raife, 
And  inftruments  of  various  firings 
Shall  help  me  thus  to  fing  thy  praife. 

10.  "  God  does  to  kings  his  aid  afford, 
"  To  them  his  fure  falvation  fends  ; 

"  'Tis  he  that  from  the  murd'ring  fword^, 
"  His  fervant  David  ftill  defends/' 

1 1 .  Fight  thou  againft  my  foreign  foes, 
Who  utter  fpeeches  falfe  and  vain  ; 
Who  tho'  in  folemn  leagues  they  clofe, 
Their  fworn  engagements  ne'er  maintain, 

1 2.  Then  our  young  fons  like  trees  Ihall  grow 
Well  planted  in  fome  fruitful  place  ; 

Our  daughters  lhall  like  pillars  £how, 
Defign'd  fome  royal  court  to  grace. 

1 3.  Our  garners  fill'd  with  various  ftore^ 
Shall  us  and  ours  with  plenty  feed, 
Our  fheep  increaiing  more  and  more, 
Shall  thoufands.  and  ten  thoufands  breed. 

14.  Strong:- 


3a2  PSALM    cxliv,  cxlv. 

14.  Strong-  fhall  our  laboring  oxen  grow, 
Kor  in  their  conftant  labour  faint ; 
Whilft  we  no  war  nor  flav'ry  know, 
And  in  our  flreets  hear  no  complaint. 

1  5.  Thrice  happy  is  that  peoples  cafe, 
"Whofe  various  bleffings  thus  abound  : 
Who  God's  true  worihip  flill  embrace, 
And  are  with  his  protection  crown'd. 

PSALM     CXLV. 
i,  2.f"T"^HEE  I'll  extol?my  Godandking* 

thy  endlefs  praife  proclaim  j 
This  tribute  daily  I  will  bring, 

and  ever  blefs  thy  name, 
a.  Thou,  Lord,  beyond  compare  art  greats 

and  highly  to  be  prais'd  ; 
Thy  majeily,  with  bounbllefs  height, 
above  our  knowledge  rais'd. 

4.  Renown* d  for  mighty  acts,  thy  fame 
to  future  times  extends  ; 

From  age  to  age  thy  glorious,  name 
fucceilively  defcends. 

5,  6.  Whilft  1  thy  glory  and  renown, 
and  wond'rous  works  exprefs, 

The  world  v/ith  me  thy  might  fhall  own, 
and  thy  great  pow'r  confefs. 

7.  The  praife  that  to  thy  love  belongs, 

they  mail  with  joy  proclaim* ; 
Thy  truth  of  all  their  grateful  fongs 

Hull  be  the  conftant  theme. 

8.  The 


PSA  L  M    cxlv.  303 

b.  The  Lord  is  good  ;  frefh  acts  of  grace 

his  pity  ftiil  fupplies  ; 
His  anger  moves  with  floweft  pace, 

his  willing  mercy  flies. 

9,  to.  Thy  love  thro'  earth  extends  its  fame 

to  all  thy  works  expreft  ; 
Thefefhew  thy  praife,  whillt  thy  great  name 

is  by  thy  fervants  bleft. 

11.  They,  with  the  glorious  profpecl  fir'd* 
mall  of  thy  kingdom  fpeak  ; 

And  thy  great  pow'r,  by  all  admir'd, 
their  lofty  fubject.  make. 

12.  God^s  glorious  works  of  antient  date, 
fhall  thus  to  all  be  known  ; 

And  thus  his  kingdom's  royal  flate, 

with  publick  fplendor  mown. 
13^  His  fledfaft  throne,  from  changes  free,. 

fhall  ftand  for  ever  fall  \ 
His  boundlefs  fway  no  end  fhall  fee, 

but  time  itfelf  out-laft. 

PART     IE 
14,  15.  The  Lord  does  them  fupport  that  fall 

and  makes  the  proftrate  rife  ; 
For  his  kind  aid  all  creatures  call, 

who  timely  food  fupplies. 
16.  Whate'er  their  various  wants  require,, 

with  open  hand  he  gives  \ 
And  To  fulfils  the  juft  defire 

of  ev'ry  thing  that  lives. 

17,  1 8.  How 


304       PSALM    cxlv,  cxlvl 

17,  18.  How  holy  is  the  Lord,  how  juft! 

how  righteous  all  his  ways  i 
How  nigh  to  him,  who  with  firm  truft 

for  his  ailiftance  prays. 

1 9.  He  grants  the  full  defires  of  thofe 
who  him  with  fear  adore  : 

And  will  their  troubles  foon  compofe, 
when  they  his  aid  implore. 

20.  The  Lord  prefer ves  all  thofe  with  care 
whom  grateful  love  employs  : 

But  fmners  who  his  vengeance  dare, 

with  furious  rage  deftroys. 
1 1 .  My  time  to  come,  in  praifes  fpent, 

ihall  ftill  advance  his  fame, 
And  all  mankind  with  one  confent 

for  ever  blefs  his  name. 

PSALM    CXLVL 
1,2.  dT\  Praife  the  Lord,  and  thou  my  foul 

\^/  for  ever  blefs  his  name  : 
His  wond'rous  love,  while  life  ihall  laft, 

my  conftant  praife  fhall  claim- 

3.  On  kings,  the  greateft  fons  of  men 
let  none  for  aid  rely  ; 

They  cannot  fave  in  dang'rous  times,, 
nor  timely  help  apply. 

4.  Depriv'd  of  breath,  to  duft  they  turn, 
and  there  neglected  lie, 

And  all  their  thoughts  and  vain  defigns 
together  with  them  die, 

c.  Then 


PSALM     cxlvi,  cxlvii.         305 

5.  Then  happy  he  who  Jacob's  God 
for  his  protecler  takes.  •, 

Who  ftill,  with  well-plac'd  hope,  the  Lord 
his  conftant  refuge  makes. 

6.  The  Lord,  who  made  both  heav'n   and 
and  all  that  they  contain,  [Earth 

Will  never  quit  his  ftedfaft  truth, 

nor  make  his  promife  vain. 
j...  The  poor  oppreft,  from  all  their  wrongs 

are  eas'd  by  his  decree  ; 
He  gives  the  hungry  needful  food, 

and  fets  the  prisoners  free. 

8.  By  him  the  blind  receive  their  fight, 
the  weak  and  fall'n  he  rears  : 

With  kind  regard  and  tender  love 
he  for  the  righteous  cares. 

9.  The  flrangers  he  preferves  from  harm, 
the  orphan  kindly  treats, 

Defends  the  widow,  and  the  wiles 
of  wicked  men  defeats. 

10.  The  God,  that  does  in  Sion  dweila 
is  our  eternal  king  : 

From  age  to  age  his  reign  endures, 
let  all  his  praifes  ling. 

P  S  A  L  M    CXLVII. 
*i^\  Praife  the  Lord  with  hymns  of  joy, 

V^/     and  celebrate  his  fame  ! 
For  pleafant,  good,  and  comely  'tis 
to  praife  his  holy  name. 

2.  Hia 


306  PSALM    cxlvii. 

2.  His  holy  city  God  will  build, 
tho*  levell'd  with  the  ground  : 

Bring  back  his  people,  tho'  difpers'd 
thro'  all  the  nations  round. 

3,  4.  He  kindly  heals  the  broken  hearts, 
and  all  their  wounds  does  clofe  ; 

He  tells  the  number  of  the  flars, 

their  fev'ral  names  he  knows. 
5,  6.  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  great  his  pow'r, 

his  wifdom  has  no  bound  ; 
The  meek  he  raifes,  and  throws  down 

the  wicked  to  the  ground. 

7.  To  God,  the  Lord,  a  hymn  of  praife 
with  grateful  voices  fing  ; 

To  fongs  of  triumph  tune  the  harp, 
and  ilrike  each  warbling  firing. 

8.  He  covers  heav'n  with  clouds,  and  thence, 
refrefhing  rain  beflows  : 

Thro'  him,  on  mountain-tops,  the  grafs. 
with  wond'rous  plenty  grows. 

o.  He,  fava^e  beafts  that  loofely  rruiire, 

with  timely  food  fupplies  ; 
He  feeds  the  ravens  tender  brood, 

and  flops  their  hungry  cries. 
10.  He  values  not  the  warlike  itecd, 

but  does  his  ilrength  difdain  ; 
The  nimble  foot  that  fwiftly  runs, 

no  prize  from  him  can  gain. 

u.  But 


PS  A  L  M     cxlvii.  307 

1 1 ,  But  he,  to  him  that  fears  his  name* 

his  tender  love  extends  ; 
To  him  that  on  his  boundlefs  grace 

with  ftedfaft  hope  depends. 
II,  13.  Let  Sion  and  Jerufalem 

to  God  their  praife  addrefs  ; 
Who  fenc'd  their  gates  with  maffy  bars, 

and  does  their  children  blefs. 

14,  15.  Thro'  all  their  borders  he  gives  peace 

with  fined  wheat  they're  fed  ; 
He  fpeaks  tiie  word,  and  what  he  wills 

is  done  as  foon  as  faid. 
16.  Large  flakes  of  mow,  like  fleecy  wool* 

defcend  at  his  command  ; 
And  hoary  froft,  like  afhes  fpread, 

is  fcatter'd  o'er  the  land. 

if.  When  join'd  to  thefe,  he  does  his  hail 

in  little  morfels  break, 
Who  can  againft  his  piercing  cold 

fecure  defences  make  ? 

18.  He  fends  his  word,  which  melts  the  ice 
he  makes  his  wind  to  blow, 

And  foon  the  ftreams,  congeal' d  before, 
in  plenteous  currents  flow. 

19.  By  him  his  ftatutes  and  decrees 
to  Jacob's  fons  were  mown  ^ 

And  ftiil  to  Ifr'el's  chofen  feed 
his  righteous  laws  are  known. 

20.  Na 


3o8         PSALM    cxlvii,  cxIviiL 

20.  No  other  nation  this  can  boaft, 

nor  did  he  e'er  afford 
To  heathen  lands  his  oracles, 
and  knowledge  of  his  word. 

Hallelujah* 
PSALM    CXLVIII. 
r>2»  ^7^  boundlefs  realms  of  joy, 

X       Exalt  your  maker's  fame  1 
His  praife  your  fong  employ 
Above  the  ftarry  frame  ; 
Your  voices  raife, 
Ye  Cherubim 
And  Seraphim, 
To  fing  his  praife. 

3 ,4.  Thou  moon  that  rul'ft  the  night, 

And  fun  that  guid'ft  the  day, 
Ye  glitt'ring  ftars  of  light, 
To  him  your  homage  pay  : 
His  praife  declare, 
Ye  heav'ns  above, 
And  clouds  that  move 
In  liquid  air. 

5,  6.  Let  them  adore  the  Lord,, 

And  praife  his  holy  name, 
By  whofe  almighty  word 

They  all  from  nothing  came  r 
And  all  mail  laft, 
From  changes  free  : 
His  firm  decree 
Stands  ever  fafte.  7,  8.  Let 


PSALM     cxiviii.  309 

7,  8.  Let  earth  her  tribute  pay ; 

Praife  him  ye  dreadful  whales 
And  fiih  that  through  the  fea 

Glide  fwift  with  glitt'ring  fcales  : 
Fire,  hail,  and  mow, 
And  mifty  air, 
And  winds  that,  where 
He  bids  them,  blow. 

9.  10,  By  hills  and  mountains  (all 

In  grateful  confort  join'd  ) 
By  cedars  irately  tall, 

And  trees  for  fruit  delign'd  5 
By  ev'ry  bealr, 
And  creeping  thing, 
And  fowl  of  wing, 
His  name  be  bleft. 

11,  12.  Let  all  of  royal  birth, 

With  thofe  of  humbler  frame. 
And  judges  of  the  earth, 

His  matchlefs  praife  proclaim, 
In  this  defign 
Let  youths  with  maids, 
And  hoary  heads 
With  children  join. 

13-  United  zeal  be  mown, 

His  wond'rous  fame  to  raife, 
Whofe  glorious  name  alone 

Deferves  our  endlefs  praife. 

Earth's 


310       PSALM     cxlviii,  cxlix. 

Earth's  utmoic  ends 
His  pow'r  obey  : 
His  glorious  fway 

The  iky  tranfcends* 

4.  His  chofen  faints  to  grace. 

He  lets  them  up  on  high, 
And  favours  IlVePs  race, 
Who  ftill  to  him  are  nigh, 
O  therefore  raiie 
Your  grateful  voice, 
And  frill  rejoice 
The  Lord  to  praife. 
PSALM     CXLIX. 
1,2.  /^\  Praife  ye-  the  Lord, 

\^J  prepare  your  glad  voicc? 
His  praife  in  the  great 

Affembly  to  fing. 
In  our  great  creator 

let  Ifr'el  rejoice, 
And  children  of  Sion 
be  glad  in  their  king. 

3,4.  Let  them  his  great  name 

extol  in  the  dance  ;  # 

"With  timbrel  and  harp 

his  praifes  exprefs, 
Who  always  takes  pleafure 

his  faints  to  advance, 
And  with  his  falvation 
the  humble  to  blefs. 

5.  6,  With 


PSALM     cxlix,  cl  31* 

5, 6.  With  glory  adorn'd, 
his  people  fliall  fin^ 
To  God,  who  their  beds 

with  fafety  does  fliield  ; 
Their  mouths  fill'd  with  praifes 

of  him  their  great  king  ; 
Whilft  a  two -edged  fword 
their  right  hand  fliall  weild. 

7,  8.  Juft  vengeance  to  take 

for  injuries  paft  ; 
To  punifti  thofe  lands 

for  ruin  defign'd ; 
With  chains,  as  their  captives^ 

to  tie  their  kings  faft, 
With  fetters  of  Iron 

their  nobles  to  bind. 

9.  Thus  fliall  they  make  good, 

when  them  they  deftroy, 
The  dreadful  decree 

which  God  does  proclaim  : 
Such  honour  and  triumph 

his  faints  ihall  enjoy, 
O  therefore  for  ever 

exalt  his  great  name. 

PSALM     CL. 
?4T\  Praife  the  Lord  in  that  bleft  place 
%<Jf   From  whence  his  goodnefs  largely 
Praife  him  in  heav' 11,  where  he  his  face[flows 
Unveil'd  in  perfect  glory  fliows. 

2  Praife 


J 


!2  PSALM     el 


2.  Praife  him  for  all  the  mighty  acts, 
Which  he  in  our  behalf  has  done  ; 
His  kindnefs  this  return  exacts, 

With  which  our  praife  fhould  equal  run* 

3.  Let  the  fhrill  trumpet's  warlike  voice 
Make  rocks  and  hills  his  praife  rebound  ; 
Praife  him  with  harp's  melodious  noife, 
And  gentle  pfalt'ry's  filver  found. 

4.  Let  virgin  troops  foft  timbrels  bring, 
And  fome  with  graceful  motion  dance  ; 
Let  inftruments  of  various  ftrings, 
With  organs  join'd,  his  praife  advance. 

5.  Let  them  who  joyful  hymns  compofe, 
To  cymbals  fet  their  fongs  of  praife  ; 
Cymbals  of  common  ufe,  and  thofe 
That  loudly  found  on  folemn  days. 

6.  Let  all  that  vital  breath  enjoy, 
The  breath  he  does  to  them  afford, 
In  juft  returns  of  praife  employ ; 
Let  ev'ry  creature  praife  the  Lord* 

THE      END. 


GLORIA 


GLORIA    PATRI,6v.  313 

Common  Meafure. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  holy  Ghoft, 
the  God  whom  we  adore^ 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 
and  mall  be  evermore. 

As  Pfalm  25. 

To    God   the  Father,  Son, 
and  Spirit,  glory  be  ; 
jAs  'twas,  and  is,  and  fhall  be  fqi 
to  all  eternity. 

As  the  looih  Pfalnu 

To  Father,  Son,  and  holy  Ghoft, 

The  God  whom  earth  and  heav'n  adore, 

JBe  glory  as  it  was  of  old, 

2s  now,  and  fhall  be  evermore. 

As  Pfalm    112,    and  laft  -part  of  the   113 
Pfalm  Tune. . 

To  Father,  Son,  and  holy  Ghoft, 

The  God  whom  heav'n's  triumphant  hoft3 

And  fufPring  faints  on  earth   adore, 
Be  Glory  as  in  ages  paft, 
As  now  it  is,  and  fo  Ihall  laft, 

When  .time  itfelf  mult  be  no  more, 

O  Jh 


3K*  GLORIAPATRI,  &c. 

As  Pfalm  148. 

To  'God  the  father,  fon, 
And  fpirit  ever  blefs'd, 
-Eternal  three  in  one, 

All  worfhip  be  addrefs'd, 
As  heretofore 
It  was,  is  now, 
And  (hall  be  fo 
For  evermore. 

As  Pfalm  149. 

©y  angels  in  heaven 

of  ev'ry  degree, 
And  faints  upon  earth, 

all  praife  be  addrefs'd 
To  God  in  three  perfons., 

one  God  ever  blefs'd .; 
A.s  it  has  been,  now  is, 

and  always  fhall  be. 


3b 


APPENDIX, 

CONTAINING 

A   Number  of 

■HTMNS, 

Taken   chiefly  from 

Dr.  WATTS* 

Scripture   Collection, 

With,  a  particular  View  to 

Sacramental    Occasions, 

And  they  fung  a  iiew  Song,  &c.  Rev.  v.  9 


//  2~  ill  iV    t 

^   »*u;  Song-  to   the  Lamb. 

Rev.  V.  6,  7,  8,  9,  io,  12. 

BEHOLD  the  glories  of  the  Iamb 
Amidft  his  father's  throne  ; 
Prepare  new  honours  for  his  name, 
And  fohgs  before  unknown. 

2.  Let  elders  worlhip  at  his  feet, 
The  church  adore  around, 

With  vials  full  of  odours  fweet, 
With  harps  of  fweeteft  found. 

3.  Thofe  are  the  offer'd  prayers  of  faints* 
And  thefe  the  hymns  they  raife  : 

Jefus  is  kind  to  our  complaints, 
He  loves  to  hear  our  praife. 

4.  Now  to  the  lamb  that  once  was  flain, 
be  endlefs  bleiiings  paid  ; 

Salvation,  glory,  joy  remain 
.  For  ever  on  thy  head. 

5.  Thou  haft  redeem'd  our  fouls  with  bloc 
Haft  fet  the  pris'ners  free, 

Haft  made  us  kings  and  priefts  to  God, 
And  we  fhall  reign  with  thee. 

6.  T 


3i8  HYMN  i.ii. 

6.  The  worlds  of  nature  and  of  grace 

Are  put  beneath  thy  pow'r ; 
Then  fhorten  thefe  delaying  days, 

and  bring  the  promis'd  hour. 

H  T  M  N    II. 

The   invitation  of  the   G  of  pel  or    Spiritual   Food   and 
C loathing, 

Ifa.  LV.   i,2,  &c. 

i  T    ET  evYy  mortal  ear  attend,. 

[  j     And  ev'ry  heart  rejoice, 
The  trumpet  of  the  gof  pel  founds 

"With  an  inviting  voice. 
2.  Ho,  all  ye  hungry  itarving  fouls, 

That  feed  upon  the  wind, 
And  vainly  ftrive  with  earthly  toys 

To  fill  an  empty  mind  ; 

%%  Eternal  wifdom  has  prepared 

A  foul-reviving  feaft, 
And  bids  your  longing  appetites 

The  rich  provihon  tafte. 

4.  Ho,  ye  that  pant  for  living  ftreams, 
And  pine  away  and  die  ; 

Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirft 
With  fprings  that  never  dry. 

5.  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 
In  a  rich  ocean  join  ; 

Salvation  in  abundance  flows, 
Like  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 


H  Y  M  N     ii,  iii.  319 

6.  Ye  periftiing  and  naked  poor, 
Who  work  with  mighty  pain, 

To  weave  a  garment  of  your  own, 
That  will  not  hide  your  fin  ; 

j.  Come  naked  and  adorn  your  fouls^ 

In  robes  prepar'd  by  God, 
Wrought  by  the  labours  of  his  Ton, 

And  dy'd  in  his  own  blood. 
§.  Dear  God  the  treafures  of  thy  love 

Are  everlafling  mines, 
Deep  as  our  helplefs  miferies  are, 

And  boundlefs  as  our  fins. 

9*  The  happy  gates  of  gofpel -grace. 

Stand  open  night  and  day  ; 
Lord  we  are  come  to  feek  fupplies, 

And  drive  our  wants  away* 

BTMN    III; 

The  Safety   andProteSfion  of  the  Church*. 

Ifa.  XXVI,    1,— 5. 

lY  TOW  honourable  is  the  place 
IT  \     Where  we  adoring  (land, 
ZiQii,  the  glory  of  the  eartli, 

And  beauty  of  the  land  ! 
2.  Bulwarks  of  mighty  grace  defend. 

The  city  where  we  dwell  ; 
The  walls  of  ftrong  falvation  made*. 

l>eiy  th'  affaults  of  HehY 


-.20  HYM  N:  iik  ivs 


j 


3.  Lift  u]>the  everlafling  gatesv 
The  doors  wide  open  flings ; , 

Enter  ye  nations  that  obey 
The  flatutes  of  our  king. 

4.  Here  fhall  you  tafte  unmingled  joys^. 
And  live  in  perfect  peace  ; 

You  that  have  known..  Jehovah's  name. 
And  ventured  on  his  grace. 

5.  Truft  in  the  Lord,  for  ever  trull, 
And  banifh  all  your  fears  ; 

Strength  in  the  Lord,  Jehovah    dwells, 
Eternal  as  his  years. 

HYMN    IV. 

Ths    Promifes  of  the    Covenant   of  Grace. 

Ea.  LV.  1,  2.Zech.  XIII:  i.Mic.  VII.  19.  &c„ 

1   TN  vain  we  lavifli  out  our  lives 

I     To  gather  empty  wind, 
The  clioiceYl  bleffings  earth  can  yield 

Will  flarve  a  hungry  mind. 

2.  Come,  and  the  Lord  fhall  feed  our  fouls 
With  more  fubftantial  meat  ; 

With  fuch  as  faints  in  glory  love, 
With  iuch  as  angels  eat. 

3.  Our  God  will  every  want  fupply, 
And  fill  our  hearts  with  peace  ; 

He  gives  by  cov'nant  and  by  oath 
The  riches  of  his  grace, 

4.  Come 


£l  Y  M  N    iv.  32i 

4.  Came,  and  he'll  cleanfe  our  fpotted  foute, 
And  waih  away  our  fiains 

In  the  dear  fountain  that  his  fon 
Pour'd  from  his  dying  veinsi, 

5.  Our  Guilt  mall  vaniih, all  away5 
Tho*  black  as  hell  before, ; 

Our  fins  mail  fink  beneath  the  fea, 
And  mail  be  found' no  more. 

6.  And  left  pollution   mould  Ver-fpreadi 
Our  inward  pow'rs  again, 

His  fpirit  fhall  bedew  our  fouls 
Like  purifying  rain. 

7.,  Our  heart,  that  ftinJy  ftubborn . thing; 

That  terrors  cannot  move, 
That  fears  no  threatnings  of  his  wrath, 

Shall  be  diffolv'd  by  love. 

8.  Or  he  can  take  the  flint  away 
That  would  not  be  remVd, 

And  from  the  treafures  of  his  grace 
Bellow  a  fofter  mind. 

9.  There  fhall  his  facred  fpirit  dwells 
And  deep  engrave  his  law, 

And  ev'ry  motion  of  our  fouls 
To  fwift  obedience  draw. . 

10.  Thus  will  he  pour  falvation  down5 
And  we  fhall  render  praife  ; 

We  the  dear  people  of  his  love, 
And  he  our  God  of  grace, 

■O.c;  HTM.m 


322  HYMN    y. 

HTMN    V. 

The  BleJfeJnefs  ofGcfpel  Tim*!,  as  to  Jews  and  Gentiles* 

Ha.  v.  7,  a,  9,  10.     Mat.  XIII.  16,  17, 

1   T  TOW  beauteous  are  their  feet 
XJL     Who  ftand  on  Zion's  hill, 
Who  bring  ialvation  on  their  tongues* 
and  words  of  peace  reveal. 

2.  How  charming  is  their  voice  ! 
How  fweet  the  tidings  are  ! 

"  Zloti,  behold  thyfaviour  king,, 
"  he  reigns  and  triumphs  here. 

3.  How  happy  are  our  ears-, 
That  hear  this  joyful  found, 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for,, 
And  fought,  but  never  found. 

4.  How  olelfed  are  our  eyes, 
That  fee  this  heav'nly  light  ; 

Prophets  and  kings  deuYd  it  long, 
But  dy'd  without  the  fight. 

5...  The  watchmen  join  their  voice,. 

And  tuneful  notes  employ  ; 
Jerufalem  breaks  forth  with  fongs, 

And  dcfarts  learn  the  joy. 

6.  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 

Thro''  all  the  earth  abroad  ; 
Let  ev'ry  nation  now  behold 

Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 

H  T  M  N- 


H  Y  M  N    vi,    vii.  323 

H  T  M  N  VI. 

Hefe  of  Htavm  by  the  RefurreSlion  of  Chrift  9 

i  Pet.  I.  3,;  4,  5. 
iY)  LEST  be  the  everlaiting  God* 
Jj    The  father  of  our  Lord  ; 
Be  his  abounding  merey  prais'd, 

His  majefcy  adored. 
a.  When  from  the  dead  he  raisM  his  fofi, 
*  And  call'd  him  to  the  fky, 
He  gave  our  fouls  a  lively  hope 
That  they  mould  never  die. 

3.  Whattho'  our  imbred  fins  require 
Our  fiefh  to  fee  the  duft, 

Yet  as  the  Lord  our  Saviour  rofe, 
So  all  his  followers  muft. 

4.  There's  an  Inheritance  divine 
Referv'd  againft  that  day,    * 

*Tis  uncorrupted,  undehTd, 
And  cannot .wafte  away. 

5.  Saints  by  the  pow'r  of  God  are  kept,, 
Till  the  falvation  ccme  ; 

We  walk  by  faith  as  ftrangers  here 
Till    Chrift  mall  call  us  home, 
H  T,  M  N    VII. 

Prayer  and  Deliver ancs  anfwered.  . 

Ifa.  XXVI.  8,— 20. 
1 TN  thine  own  ways,  O  God  of  love, 
Jl  We  wait  the  vifits  of  thy  grace  \ 
Our  fouls  defire  is  to  thy  name, 
And  the  remembrance  of  thy  face* 

2,  M 


' 


324  HYMN  vn,  viii. 

fc.  My  thoughts  arefearching,Lord,  for  thee, 
'Mongft  the  black  fhades  of  lonefome  night  y 
My  earned  pray 'rs  afcend  the  Ikies 
Before  the  dawn  reftores  the  light. 

3.  Look  how  rebellious  men  deride 
The  tender  patience  of  my  God  ; 
But  they  {hall  fee  thy  lifted  hand,. 
And  feel  the  fconrges  of  thy  rod. 

4.  Hark,   the  Eternal  rends  the  iky, 
A  mighty  voice  before  him  goes, 

A  voice  of  mufick  to  his  friends, 
But  threatning  thunder  to  his  foes. 

5.  Come,  children,  to  your  father's  arms^. 
Hide  in  the  chambers  of  my  grace, 

Till  the  fierce  floral  be  overbid  vvn, 
And  my  revenging  fury  ceafe. 

H  V  M  N.    YIIL 

Strength  from    tlsavcn, 

Ifa*    XL.    27,  23,  29,  30,. 

1^Hi  7"^encec^0  ourmournful  tho'ts-arife  £ 

V  V        aQd  where 's  our  courage  fled  ?■ 
Has  reftlejfs  iin  and  raging  hell 

Struck  all  our  comforts  dead  ? 
2.  Have  we  forgot  th'  almighty  name 

That  form'd  the  earth  and  fea  ? 
And  can  an  all-creating  arm 

Grow  weary  or  decay  \ 

3.  Treafurci 


-H  Y  M  N     viii,  ix.  gjfcjj 

3.  Treafures  of  everlafting  might 
In  our  Jehovah  dwell  ; 

He  gives  the  conqueil  to  the  weak, 
hnd  treads  their  foes  to  hell. 

4.  Mere  mortal  power  mail  fade  and  die, 
And  youthful  vigour  ceafe, 

But  we  that  wait  upon  the  Lord 
Shall  feel  our  ftrength  in  ere  ale. 

5.  The  faints  iliall  mount  on  eagles  wings.,. 
and  tafte  the  promis'd  blifs, 

*TiU  their  unwearied  feet  arrive 
Where  perfect  pleafure  is. 

H  T-M  N    m. 

God'-s..  tender    Care    of  his    Church;,, 

Ifa,  -XLIX.  it,  14.  &c. 

*"fl^TQW  mail  my  inward  joys  arife? 

J^%l      And  burfl  into  a  fong  ; 
Almighty  love  infpires  my  heart, 
And  pleafure  tunes  my  tongue. 

2.  God  on  his  thirfty  Sion-hill 
Some  mercy-drops  has  thrown 

And  folemn  oaths  have  bound  his  love 
To  fliow'r  falvation  down* 

3.  Why  do  we  then  indulge  our  fears, 
Sufpicions  and  complaints  ? 

Is  he  a  God,  and  iliall  his  grace 
Grow  weary  of  his  faints  ? 

4Jp  Can* 


326  HYMN     ix,  x. 

4.  Can  a  kind  woman  e'er  forget 
The  in  rant  of  her  womb, 

And  Viiongft  a    thoufand  tender  thoughts 
Her  fuckling  have  no  room  ? 

5.  Yet,  faith  the   Lord,  jhould  nature  change 
And  mothers  monflers  prove, 

S\on  flill  dwells  upon  the  heart, 
Of  everlajling  love. 

6.  Deep  on  the  palms  of  both  my  hands 
I  have  engraved  her  name  ; 

My  hands  jhall  raife  her  ruin'd  walls 
And  build  her  broken  frame. 

H  T  MN    X. 

The    Martyrs  Glorified. 

Rev.  II.     13,  &/:. 

iCfHefe  rjorious  minds  how  bright  they  Jhine 
Whence  all  their  white  array  f 
How  came  they  to  the  happy  feats 
Of  cverhfling  day  f 
2.  From  tort'ring  pains  to  endlefs  joys 

On  fiery  wheels  they  rode, 
And'ftrangely   warn' d  their  raiment  white 
In  Jefu?  dying  blood. 

3  Now  they  approach  a  fpotlefs  God, 

And  bow  before  his  throne, 
Their  warbling  harps  and  facred  fongs 

Adore  the  holy  one. 

4.  The 


HYMN    x,  xi.  327 

4»Th.  unvail'd  glories  of  Ms  face 

Amongft  his  faints  refide, 
While  die  rich  treafure  of  his  grace 
Sees  all  their  wants  fupply'd. 

5.  Tormenting  thirft  ihall  leave  their  fouls 
Ajid  hunger  flee  as  faft  ; 

The  fruit  of  life's  immortal  tree 
Shall  be  their  fweet  repaft. 

6.  The  lamb  fhall  lead  his  heavenly  flock 
Where  living  fountains  rife, 

And  love  divine  fhall  wipe  away 
The  forrows  of  their  eyes. 

HTM  1ST    XI. 

The  Song  of  Mofes   and  the  Lamb* 

Rev.  XV.  3.  &XVI.  19.  &c. 

E  iing  the  glories  of  thy  love, 
We  found  thy  dreadful  name  y. 
The  chriftian  church  unites  the  fongs 
Of  Mofes  and  the  Lamb. 

2.  Great  God,  howwond*rous  are  thy  works 
Of  vengeance  and  of  grace  ? 

Thou  king  of  faints,  Almighty  Lord* 
How  juit  and  true  thy  ways  ? 

3.  Who^  dares  refufe  to  fear  thy  name, 
Or  worfhip  at  thy  throne  ? 

Thy  judgments  fpeak  thine  holinefs 
Thro'  all  the  nations  known. 

HTMN 


3*8  H"  Y  M  N     xn, 

H  T  M  N    XII. 

"The    Memorial  cf  our  abfent    Lord: 

John  XVI.  1 6.  Luke  XXIL  19.  John  X1V.3. 

1  YESUS  is  gone  above  the  Ikies, 
JJ    Where  our  weak  fenfes  reach  him  not, 
And  carnal  obj eels  court  our  eyes 
To  thruft.  our  Saviour  from  our  thought. 

2.  He  knows  what  wand' ring  hearts  we  have 
Apt  to  forget  his  lovely  face  ; 

And  to  refrefh  our  minds  he  gave 
Thefe  kind  memorials  of  his  grace. 

3.  The  Lord  of  life  this  table  fpread 
With  his  own  flefh  and  dying  blood  ; 
We  on  the  rich  provifion  feed, 

And  tafte  the  wine,  and  blefs  our  God. 

4.  Let  finful  fweets  be  all  forgot, 
And  earth  grow  lefs  in  our  eiteem  ; 
Chrijl  and  his  love  fill  ev'ry  thought, 
And  faith  and  hope  be  fix'd  on  him. 

5.  While  he  is  abfent  from  our  light 
'Tis  to  prepare  our  fouls  a  place, 
That  we  may  dwell  in  heav'nly  light, 
And  live  for  ever  near  his  face. 

€.  Our  eyes  look  upwards  to  the  hills 
Whence;our  returning  Lord  mall  come  ; , 
'We  wait  thy  chariots  awful  wheels 
To  fetch  our  longing  fpirits  home. 

HTMN 


E  Y  M  N     xiii.  329 

H  T  M  N    XIII. 

Divine   Love  making  a  Fzqft,.  aiid^calling  in  the  Gusfth 

Luck  XIV.   17,  22,  23. 

if  TOW  fweet  and  awful  is  the  place 

JLjL     Wkh  C/6/-//2  within  the  doors, 
"Whilil:  everlafting  love  difplays 

The  choiceft  of  her  ft  ores. 
.2.  Here  ev'ry  bowel  of  our  God 

With  foft  companion  rolls, 
Here  peace  and  pardon  bought  with  blood 

Is  food  for  dying  fouls. 

3.  While  all  our  hearts,  and  all  our  fongs, 
Join  to  admire  the  feaft, 

Each  of  us  cry  with  thankful  tongues^ 
"  Lord,  why  was  I  a  gueit  ? 

4.  "  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  voice, 
"  And  enter  while  there's  room  ? 

4C  When  thoufands  make  a  wretched  choice 
"  And  rather  ftarve  than  come. 

5.  'Twas  the  fame  love  that  fp  read  the  feaft^ 
That  fweetly  fpre'd  us  in5 

Elfe  we  had  ftill  refusM  to   tafte, 
And  periih'd  in.  our  lin, 

6.  Viiy  the  nations,  O  our  Gcd, 
Conftrain  the  earth  to  come  ; 

Send  thy  victorious  word  abroad. 
And  bring  the  Grangers  home. 

7.  We 


33°        HYMN  xiii,  xsv. 

7.  We  long  to  fee  thy  churches  full, 

That  all  the  chofen  race, 
May  with  one  voice,  and  heart,  and  foul, 

Sing  thy  redeeming  grace. 

H  r  ill  N    XIV. 

Seeking  the  Pqftures  of  Chrifi  the  Shepherd, 

Solomon's  fong  I.  7. 

iHpHOU  whom. my  foul  admires  above 

A      All  earthly  joys  and  earthly  love, 
Tell  me,  dear  fhepherd,  let  me  know 
Where  doth  thy  fweeteft  pafture  grow,? 

2.  Where  is  the  fhadow  of  that  rock, 
That  from  the  fun  defends  thy  flock, 
Fain  would  I  feed  among  thy  lheep, 
4*mpng  them  reft,  among  them  lleeg. 

3 .  W  hy  ihould  thy  bride  appear  like  one 
That  turns  alide  to  paths  unknown  ? 
My  conftant  feet  would  never  rove, 

Would  never  feek  another  love. 

4.  The  footfteps  of  thy  flock  I  fee  ; 
Thy  fweeteft  pastures  here  they  be.  ; 
A  wondrous  feaft  thy  love  prepares, 
Bought  with  thy  wounds  andgroans,&  tears. 

5.  His  deareft  flefh  he  makes  my  food, 
And  bids  me  drink  his  richeft  blood  : 
Here  to  thefe  hills  my  foul  will  co/ne, 
Till  my  beloved  lead  me  home. 

h  r  m  m 


HYMN  m>  33 1 

H  T  M  N    XV. 

Chrift  appearing  to  his  Church,  Uc. 

Solomon's  Song  II.    8,  9,   10,  11,    12,  130 

1  1 1  AHe  voice  of  my  beloved  founds 

J[     Over  the  rocks  and  riling  grounds  y 
O'er  hills  of  guilt,  and  feas  of  grief, 
He  leaps,  he  flies  to  my  relief. 

2.  Now  thro'  the  veil  of  flefli  I  fee 
With-, eyes  of  love  he  looks  at  me  ; 
Now  in  the  gofpel's  cleareft  glafs 
Ke  ihows  the  beauties  of  his  face. 

3.  Gently  he  draws  my  heart  along, 
Both  with  his  beauties  and  his  tongue  \ 

Rijt\  faith  my  Lord,  make  hafte  away, 
$fg  mortal  joys  are  worth  thy  flay* 

4.  %be  jewi/h  wintry  fiat  e  is  gone, 
The  mi/is  are  fief,  tkefpring  comes  on^ 
The  J acred  turtle-dove  we  hear 
Proclaim  the  new,  the  joyful  year. 

5.  T/y  Immortal  vine  of  heavenly  root, 
Bloffms  and  buds,  and,  gives  her  fruity 
Lo,  we  are  come  to  tafte  the  wine  \ 
Our  fouls  rejoice  and  blefs  the  vine. 

6.  And  when  we  hear  our  Jefus  fay? 
Rife  up  my  love}  make  hafte  away  f 

Our  hearts  would  fain  out-fly  thewind^ 
And  leave  all  earthly  loves  behind. 

HTM& 


532  HYMN    xvi- 

H  T  M  N    XVI 

The   Corcnaticn   of  Chrift,.  and   his    EfpGufals* 

I 

Solomon's  Song  III.  2, 

AUGHTERS  of  Slon,  come,  behold 
The  crown  of  honour  and  of  gold, 
Which  the  glad  church  with  joys  unknown 
Plac'd  on  the  head  of  Solomon. 

2.  JefuSy  thou  everlafting  king, 
Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring  •, 
Accept  the  well-deferv'd  renown, 
And  wear  our  praifes  as  thy  crown*, 

3.  Let  every  act  of  worfhip  be. 
Like  our  efpoufals,  Lord  to  thee  ;• 
Like  the  dear  hour  when  from  above 
We  firft  receiv'd  thy  pledge  of  love. 

4.  The  gladnefs  of  that  happy  day, 
Our  hearts  would  wifh  it  long  to  ilay  ; 
Nor  let  our  faith  forfake  its  hold, 
Nor  comfort  fink,  nor  love  grow  cold. 

5.  Still  may  each  minute  as  it  flies, 
Increase  thy  praife,  improve  our  joys, 
Till  we  are  rais'd  to  fing  thy  name 
At  the  great  fupperof  the  lamb. 

6.  O  that  the  months  would  roll  away, 
And  bring  that  coronation-day  ! 
The  king  of  grace  mall  fill  the  throne 


With  ail  his  father's  glories  on. 


H  T  mH 


HYMN     xvii,  xviii.  333 

HTM  N    XVII. 

GOD   dwelhth  with  the    humble  Penitent* 

Xfa.  LVII.      15,    16. 

THUS  faith  the  high  and  lofty  one, 
"  I  fit  upon  ray  holy  throne  ; 
6  My  name  is  God,  I  dwell  on  high  ; 
6  Dwell  in  my  own  eternity. 
,.  "  But   I  defcend  to  worlds  below, 
c  On  earth  I  have  a  manfion  too  : 
c  The  humble  fpirit  and  contrite 
J  Is  an  abode  of  my  delight. 

3.  c<  The  humble  foul  my  words  revive, 
c  I  bid  the  mourning  finner  live  ; 
6  Heal  all  the  broken  hearts  I  find, 
c  And  eafe  the  forrows  of  the  mind. 
L  "  When  1  contend  againft  their  fin, 
4  I  make  them  know  how  vile  they've  been 
-  But  fhould  my  wrath  for  ever  fmoke, 
c  Their  fouls  would  fink  beneath  my  flroke* 

;.  O  may -thy  pardoning  grace  be  nigh, 
^eft  we  fhould  faint,  deipair   and  die  ! 
Thus  fhall  our  better  thoughts  approve 
The  methods  of  thy  chafl'ning  love. 
H  T    M  N    XV1IL 

The   Beatitudes, 

Matt  V.  3.— 12. 
LEST  are  the  humble  fouls  that  fee 
Their  emptinefs  and  poverty  ; 
Treafures  of  grace  to  them  are  giv'n, 
knd  crowns  of  joy  laid  up  in  heav'n. 

2.  Bleft 


334        H  'Y  M  $"    xviii. 

2.  Bleft  are  the  men  of  broken  heart, 
Who  mourn  for  fin  with  inward  fhurt 
The  blood  of  Chri/l  divinely  flows 

A  healing  balm  for  all  their  woes, 

3.  Bleft  are  the  meek,  who  ftand  afar 
From  rage  and  paflion,  noife  and  war  ; 
God  will  fecure  their  happy  ftate 
And  plead  their  caufe  againft  the  great. 

4.  Bleft  are  the  fouls  that  thirft  for  grace, 
Hunger  and  long  for  righteoufnefs  ; 
They  mall  be  well  fupply'd  and  fed 
With  living  ftreams  and  living  bread. 

5.  Bleft  are  the  men  whofe  bowels  move 
And  melt  with  fympathy  and  love  ; 
Trom  Chrift  the  Lord  they  fhall  obtain 
Like  Sympathy  and  love  again. 

6.  Bleft  are  the  pure,  whofe  hearts  are  clean 
From  the  defiling  powers  of  fin  ; 

With  endlefs  pleafure  they  fhall  fee 
A  God  of  fpotiefs  purity. 

7.  Bleft  are  the  men  of  peaceful  life, 
Who  quench  the  coals  of  growing  ftrife  > 
They  ihall  be  call'd  the  heirs  of  blifs, 
The  fons  of  God,  the  God  of  peace. 

8.  Bleft  are  the  fufPrei  s  wl*o  partake 
Of  pain  and  fhattie  tor  Jefus*  lake  ; 
Their  fouls  fhatl  triumph  in  the  Lord, 
Glory  and  joy  are  their  reward. 

H  T  M  N 


HYMN    xix,  xx.  335 

M  r  m  isr  xix. 

Not  ajhamed  of  the  Gofpd, 

1  Tim.  I.  12. 

1  T'M  not  afham'd  to  own  my  Lord, 
j[     Or  to  defend  his  ^caufe, 
Maintain  the  honour  of  his  word, 
The  glory  of  his  crofs. 

2.  Jefus^  my  God ;  I  know  his  name, 
His  name  is  all  my  truft  ; 

Nor  will  he  put  my  foul  to  fhame, 
Nor  let  my  hope  be  loft. 

3.  Firm  as  his  throne  his  promife  (rands. 
And  he  can  well  fecure 

What  I've  committed  to    his  hands 
Till  the  decilive  hour. 

4.  Then  will  he  own  my  wortftlefs  name 
Before  his  father's  face, 

And  in  the  new  Jerufakm 
Appoint  my  foul  a  place. 

H  T  M  N    XX. 

Death  and  immediate  Glorty. 
2  Gor.   V.  I,  5, 8. 

^YTiHere  is  a  houfe  not  made  with  hand* 

Eternal,  and  on  high, 
And  here  my  fpirii  waiting  (lands 
Till  Godfliallbiditfly. 

2.  Shortly 


3J6        HYMN     xx,  xxi. 

2.  Shortly  this  prifon  of  my  clay 
Muft  be  diflblv'd  and  fall ; 

Then,  O  my  foul,  with  joy  obey 
Thy  heav'nly  father's' call. 

3.  'Tis  he  by  his  almighty  grace 
That  forms  thee  fit  for  heav'n, 

And  as  an  earneft  of  the  place 
Has  his  own  fpirit  giv'n. 

4.  We  walk  by  faith  of  joys  to  come, 
Faith  lives  upon  his  word  ; 

But  while  the  body  is  our  home 
We're  abfent  from  the  Lord. 

5.  'Tis  pleafant  to  believe  thy  grace, 
But  we  had  rather  fee  ; 

We  would  be  abfent  from  the  flefh, 
And  prefent,  Lord,  with  thee. 

H  T  M  N    XXL 

Love  to    GOD,    and  our    Neighbour. 

Matt.  XXII.  37-  —  40.. 

1  fT^hus  faith  the  firfl,the  great  command, 
JL     "  Let  all  thy  inward  powers  unite 
"  To  love  thy  maker,  and  thy  God, 
"  With  utmoir.  vigour  and  delight. 
2.  **  Then  mall  thy  neighbour  next  in  place 
"  Share  thine  affections  and  efteem, 
<c  And  let  thy  kindnefs  to  thy  felf 
*c  Meafure  and  rule,  thy  love  to  him-" 

2.  This 


HYMN     xxi,   xxii.  337 

3  This  is  the  fenfe  that  Mofes  fpoke, 
This  did  the  prophets  preach  and  prove  } 
For  want  of  this  the  law  is  broke, 

And  the  whole  few's  fulfill' d  by  love. 

4  But  O '•!  how  bafe  our  pafiions  are 
How  eokl  our  charity  and  zeal  ! 
Lord,  fill  our  fouls  with  heav'nly  fire9 
.Qrwe  fhall  ne'er  perform  thy  will. 

ffl  N    XXII. 
Matt.  XL    28.- -30. 

The  memorial  of  cur   abfsnt    Lord, 

^"y^lOME  hither  all  ye  weary  fouls, 

\^4     xc  Ye  heavy  laden  finners  come, 
^c  ril  give  you  reft  from  all  your  toils, 
£<  And  raife  you  to  my  heav'nly  home. 
H  "  They  mail  find  reft  that  learn  of  me  J 
"  I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind"; 
«<  But  paffion  rages  like  the  fea, 
iC  And  pride  is  reftlefs  as  the  wind. 

3  ."  Blefs'd  is  the  man  whofe  moulders  take 
""  My  yoke,  and  bear  it  with  delight  ; 

"  My  yoke  is  eafy  to  his  neck, 

"  My  grace  mail  make  the  "burden  light.'* 

4  Jefus,  we  come  at   thy  command, 
With  faith  and  hope   and  humble    zeal, 
Refign  our  fpirits  to  thy  hand, 

To  mould  and  guide  us  at  thy  Will. 

P  H  T  M  N 


33^  HYMN     xxm, 

H  T  M  N    XXIIT. 

The  Song  of  Zscharia-. 

Luke  I.  68 ,  &c. 

*XTow  bleft  be  IjyePs  Lord  and  Gg^ 

X^      whofe  mercy  at  our  need 
Has  vifited  his  people's  grief, 

and  them  from  bondage  freed, 
a.  And  rais'd  in  faithful  David's  heufe 

Salvation,  which  of  old, 
E'er  fince  the  world  it  felf  began, 

his  prophets  had  foretold. 

3.  To  lave  us  from  our  fpiteful  foes. 

and  keep  his  oath  in  mind, 
Which  he  to  Abram  heretofore, 

and  to  our  father's  fign'd. 
.4.  That  we,  from  fear  and  danger  freed. 

kis  temple  may  frequent  ; 
And  all  our  days,  as  in  his  %lrf, 

In  holy  life  be  fpent. 

5.  And  thou,  O  child,  malt  then  be  caU'd 
God's  prophet,  to  declare 

fiis  meffage,  and  before  his  face 
his  paffage  to  prepare. 

6.  To  give  them  light  who  now  in  fhades 
of  night  and  death  abide  ; 

And  in  the  v/ay  that  leads  to  peace 
our  fcotfteps  fafely  guide. 

*  H2MN 


HYMN    xxiv,  xxv.  339 

H  T  M  N    XXIV. 
Luke  I.  46,  &c 

The    virgin  Mary's    magnificat. 

X  Y  A     ray  God  and  Saviour  praiie  } 
Whofe  goodnefs  did  from~poor  eftate 

his  humble  handmaid  raife, 
a.  Me  bleft  of  God,  the  God  of  pow'r 

all  ages  mall  confefs, 
Whofe  name  is  holy,  and  whofe  love 

his  faints  mail  ever  blefs. 

3,  The  proud,  and  ail  their  vain  defigns* 

He  quickly  did  confound  : 
He  call  the  mighty  from  their  feat, 

the  meek  and  humble  crown'd. 

4.  The  hungry  with  good  things  are  fiH'd 
the  rich  with  hunger  pin'd  : 

He  fent  his  fervant  7/rVhelp, 
and  calPd  his  love  to  mind  ; 

5.  Which  to  our  fathers  heretofore? 
By  oath  he  did  enfure  ; 

To  Abr'am  and  his  chofen  feed, 
•for  ever  to  endure. 

HTMN    XXV. 
Luke  2.  29. 

The  fang  of  Simeon, 

ORD  let  thy  fervant  now  depart 
into  thy  promis'd  reft  % 

P  a  Since 


JLj 


34o         H  Y  M  N 

Since  my  expecting  eyes  have  been 

with  thy  falvation  bleft  : 
2  Which,  till  this  time, thy  favour  d  faints., 

and  prophets,  only  knew, 
Long  fince  prepar'd,  but  now  fet  forth 

in  all  the  people's  view. 

3.  A   light  to  ihew  the  heathen  world 
the  way  to  faving  grace  .: 

But  O  !  the  light  and  glory  both 
of  7/rV/'s  chofen  race. 

H  T  M  N    XXVL 

Angels  appearing  to  thejhepherdt. 

Luke  II.  8, 15. 

WHile  fhepherds  watch  their  flocks  by 
all  feated  on  the  ground,  [night 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down, 

and  glory  fhone  around. 
2.  "  Fear  not,  faid  he,  (for  mighty  dread 

had  leiz'd  their  troubled  mind  :) 
"*  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring 

«*  to  you  and  all  mankind. 
<?  cc  To  you  in  David's  town,  this  day 

"is  born  of  David's  line  ^ 
"  The  Saviour,  who  is  Qhrijl  the  Lord  ; 
«  and  this  fliall  be  the  fign. 

4.  "  The  heav'nly  babe  you  there  fliall  find 
"  tohu  man  view  difplayVi, 

•<CAH  meanly  wrapt  in  fwathing  bands, 
™  and  in  a  manger  laid.  5.  Thus 


M  Y  M  N     xx vi,  xxvii.  34JE 

5.  Thus  fpake  the  feraph,  and  forthwith 

appear'd  a  mining  throng 
Of  angels,  praiiing  God,  and  thus 

addreft  their  joyful  fong  ; 
6  «  All  glory  be  to  God  on  high  ; 

"  and  to  the  earth  be  peace  ; 
"Good-will  henceforth  from  heaven  to  men 
"  begin  and  never  ceafe. 

M  T  M  N  XXVII. 

The   chriftian  'Pcjfover. 

i   Cor.  5,  7,  Rom.  6  9,  &c\ 

s  C^Ince  Chrlft  our  pafibver  is  flain, 

\*j    a  facrifice  for  all  ; 
Let  all  with  thankful  hearts  agree 
to  keep  the  feflival  : 

2.  Not  with  the  leaven,  as  of  old, 
of  (in  and  malice  fed  ; 

But  with  urifeign'd  fincerity, 
and  truth's  unleaven'd  bread. 

3.  Chriji  being  rais'd  by  pow'r  divine^ 
and  reicu'd  from  the  grave, 

Shall  die  no  more,  death  mall  on  him 
no  more  dominion  have  \ 

4.  For  that  he  dy'd,  t'was  for  our  fins 
He  once  vouchfaf'd  to  die, 

But  that  he  lives,  he  lives  to  Gcd9 
for  all  eternity. 

£  86 


342  HYMN     xxviii. 

5  So  count  yourf elves  as  dead  to  fin, 
but  gracioufly  reftor'd. 

And  made  henceforth  alive  to  God, 
through  Jefus  Chrijl  our  Lord. 

HYMN    XXVIII. 

God  prats' d  for  redeeming  lev:, 

i   /^\GOD,  we  praife  thee,  and  confefs,. 

VJF     that  thou  the  only  Lord, 
And  everlafling  father  art 

by  all  the  earth  ador'd. 

2.  To  thee  all  angels  cry  aloud, 
to  thee  the  pow'rs  on  high, 

Both  cherubim  and  feraphim, 
continually  do  cry  ; 

3.  O  holy,  holy,  holy,  Lord, 
whom  heav'nly  hoft  obey  ; 

The  world  is  with  the  glory  fill'd 
of  thy  majeftick  fway. 

4.  Th'  apofties  glorious  company, 
and  prophets  crown'd  with  light, 

With  all  the  martyrs  noble  hoft, 
thy  conftant  praife  recite. 

5.  The  holy  church  throughout  the  world 
O  Lord,  confeffes  thee, 

That  thou  eternal  father  art 
of  boundlefs  majefty  : 

6  Thy  honour' d  true  and  only  fon, 
and  holy  Ghoft  the  fpring  5 

Of 


HYMN    lxxiv..  343 

Of  never-ceaiing  joy  ;  OCbriji 
of  glory  thou  art  king. 

y   The  father' s  everlafting  fon, 

thou  from  on  high  didft  come 
To  fave  mankind,  and  didft  not  the® 

difdain  tin  virgin's  womb, 
8.  And  having  overcome  the  fling 

of  death  thou  open'll  wide 
The  gates  of  heav'n  to  all,  who  ihm 
m  thy  belief  abide. 

PART   IL 

9»  Crown' d  with  the  father  s  Glory  thou? 

at  God's  right  hand  doll  iit  ; 
Whence  thou  {halt  come  to  be  our  judge,, 

to  fentence  or  acquit. 
i  o.  O  therefore  fave  thy  fervants,  Lord, 

whofe  fouls  fo  dearly  coil  ; 
Nor  let  the  purchafe  of  thy  blood, 

thy  precious  blood,  be  loft. 

vi.  We  magnify  thee  day  by  day  > 

and  ever  worfhip  thee. 
Vouchfafe  to  keep  us.  Lord,  this  day 

from  iin  and  danger  free. 
12.  Have  mercy,  mercy,  on  us  Lord,. 

to  us  thy  grace  extend, 
According  as  for  mercy  we 

on  thee  alone  depend. 

1-3.  In 


344  HYMN     xxk,    xxx. 

13.  In  thee  I  have  repos'd  my  truftv 

and  ever  mall  do  lb  ; 
Preferve  me  then  from  ruin  here, 

and  from  eternal  woe. 

ur  M  N    XXIX. 

Doxology. 

Rev.   IV.    11.  and  V.   9,  &c. 

THOU  God,  all  glory,  honour,  pow.V 
art  worthy  to  receive  : 
Since  all  things  by  thy  pow'r  were  made,, 

and  by  thy  bounty  live. 
And  worthy  is  the  lamb  all  pow'r, 

Honour  and  wealth  to  gain. 
Glory-  and  ftrength,  who  for  our  fins 
a  facrifice  was  flain. 

3.  All  worthy  thou,  who  haft  redeemed,. 

and  ranfom'd  us  to  God, 
From    ev'ry  nation,  ev'iy  coaft, 

by  thy  moil  precious  blood. 
4  Bleflmg  and'  honour,  glory,  pow'r, 

by  all  in  earth  and  heav'n, 
To  him  that  fits  upon  the  throne^ 

and  to  the  lamb  be  giv'n. 

H  T  M  N    XXX, 

The  marriage  of  the  lamb* 

Rev.  XIX.  5,  &c 

LL  ye  who  faithful  fervants  are 
of  our  almighty  king, 

Bock 


'A 


H  Y  M  N     xxx,     xxxi.  345, 

Both  high  and  low,  and  fmall  and  great 
his  praiie  devoutly  ling. 

2.  Let  us  rejoice,  and  render  thanks 

to  his  moit  holy  name  ; 
Rejoice,  rejoice,  for  now  is  come 

the  marriage  of  the  lamb, 

3  His  bride  herjelf  has  ready  made*,, 
how  pure  a^d.  white  her  drefs  ! 

Which  is  the  faints  Integrity 
and  fpotlefs  holinefs. 

4  O  therefore  bl eft  is  ev'ry  oner. 
who  to  the  marriage  feaft, 

And  holy  fupper  of  the  lamb 
is  calPd  a  welcome,  gueft. 

H  VM-N    XXXI;- 

The  Lord'j    Prayer. 

Matt.     VI.  9,  &c. 

i/^\,UR  father  who  in  heav'n  art,: 
\jr  all  hallowed  be  thy  name  ; 
Thy  kingdom  come  ;  thy  will  be  done;.. 

throughout  this  earthly  f ram e. 
2 ..  As  cheerfully  as  'tis  by  thofe 

who  dwell  with  thee  on  high  ; 
Lord,  let  thy  bounty  day  by  day 

our  daily  food  fupply  ; 

3  As  we  forgive  our  enemies, 
thy  pardon-,  Lord,  we  crave ) 

P  5  ]Me>* 


346         HYMN     xxxii,  xxxiii* 

Into  temptation  lead  us  not, 

but  us  from  evil  fave. 
4  For  kingdom,  pow'r  and  glory,  all 

belong,  O  Lord,  to  thee  ; 
Thine  from  eternity  they  were, 

and  thine  lhall  ever  be. 

H  T  M  N    XXX1L 

Saints  rifen  ruith  Chriji. 

i   Cor.  XV.   20,  21.  Colof.  III.   ti 

1  A~^Hrift  from  the  dead  is  rais'd  and  made 
\^J  the  firft-fruits  of  the  tomb  ; 

For,  as  by  man  came  death,  by  man 
did  refirrreciion  come. 

2  For,  as  in  Adam  all  mankind 
did  guilt  and  death  derive  ; 

So,  by  the  righteouihefs  of  Chrift, 
mail  all  be  made  alive. 

3  If  then  ye  rifen  are  with  Chrift, 
feek  only  how  to  get 

The  things  that  are  above,  where  Chrift 
at  God's  rieiit  hand  is  let. 

o 

H  r  M  N    XXXIII. 

AngsU  appearing   to  thsjlispherds. 

Another  verfion  oi  Luke  II.  8,  &c- 

lepherds,  rejoice,  lift  up  your  eyes, 

£3  an^  ^enc^  y°ur  *ears  away : 

News  from  the  region  of  the  Ikies, 
falvation's  born  to  day.  , 

2.  "  J  ejus 


tc 


H  Y'  M  N     xxxiii.  347 

2-  "Jefus*  the  God  whom  angels  fear, 
"  comes  down  to  dwell  with  you  : 

"  To-day  he  makes  his  entrance  here, . 
(i  but  not  as  Monarehs  do. 

3  "  No  gold  nor  purple  fwadling.  bands*, 
"  nor  royal  mining  things  ; 

'•  A  manger  for  his  cradle  Hands, 
ce  and  holds  the  king  of  kings  : 

4  Go,  ihepherds,  where  the  Infant  lies-, 
"  and  fee  his  humble  throne  j 
With  tears  of  joy  in  all  your  eyes, 

go,  ihepherds,  kifs  the  fon." 

5  Thus  Gabriel  fzng,  and  ftrait  around: 
the  heavenly  armies  throng, 

They  tune  their  harps  to  lofty  found, 

and  thus  conclude  the  fong  : 
6.   cc  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 

"  let  peace  furround  the  earth  y 
"-  Mortals  iliall  know  their  maker's  love,\ 

<*  at  the  redeemer's  birth. "  ' 

jr  Lord  !  and  mall  angels  have  their  fongs^ 

and  men  no  tunes  to  rail e  ? 
O  may  we  lofe  thefe  ufelefs  tongues 

when  they  forget  to  praife ! 
8.  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above,-. 

that  pitied  us  forlorn, 
We  join  to  fmg  our  maker's  love,. 

for  there's  a  Saviour  born. 

HT MM 


348  H  Y  M  N    xxxiv; 

H  T  M  N    XaXIV. 
Ecclef.   XII.   i.  &c. 

Children  remember  ycur  Creator. 

i/^lHildren,  to.  your  creator,  God, 

\_j     your  early  honours  pay, 
While  vanity  and  youthful  blood 
would  tempt  your  thoughts  aflray.. 

2  The  memory  of  his  mighty  name,, 
demands  your  firfl  regard4; 

Nor  dare  indulge  a  meaner  flame, 
?till  you  have  lov'd  the  Lord. 

3  Be  wife,  and  make  his  favour  fure 
before  the  mournful  days,, 

When  youth  and  mirth  are  known  no  mor^ 
and  life  andftrength  decays. 

4  No  more  be  blefllngs  of  a  feafV 
fhall  relifh  on  the  tongue, 

The  heavy  ear  forgets  the  tafte 
and  pleafures  of  a  fong. 

5  Old  age  with  all  her  difmal  train  -9 
invades  your  golden  years 

With  fighs,  and  groans,  and  raging  pain,* 
and  death  that  never  fpares, 

6  What  will  you  do  when  light  departs, 
and  leaver  your  withering  eyes, 

Without  one  beam  to  chear  your  hearts, 
from  the  fuperibr  ikies  l: 

r.  Kov/ 


H  Y  M  N     xxxiv,  xxxv.  349 

7  How  will -ycu  meet  God's  fro wningfifowj, 
or  {land  before  his  feat, 

While  nature's  old  fupporters  bowr 
nor  bear  their  tott'ring  weight  ? 

8  Can  you  expect  your  feeble  arms 
mall  make  a  ftrong  defence, 

When  death,  with  terrible  alarms, 
fummonsthe  pris'ner  hence  ? 

9  The  filver  bands  of  nature  burft,, 
and  let  the  building  fall  ; 

The  fleih  goes  down  to  mix  with  duf£3 
its  vile  original. 

10  Laden  with  guilt  (a  heavy  Load) 
uncleans'd  and  unforgiv'n, 

The  foul, returns  t'an  angry  God, 
to  be  {hut  out  fromheavm. 
H  Y  M.  N  XXXV. 

SuhmiJJionto  bereaving  providence. 

job.  I.   21. 
i"^TAked  as  from  the  earth  we  came,. 
j/^      and  crept  to  life  at  firft, 
We  to  the  earth  return  again,. 

and  mingle  with  our  dufh 
2/  The  dear  delights  we  hear  enjoy, 

and  fondly  call  our  own. 
Are  but  mort  favours  borrow' d  now, 
to  be  repay'd  anon. 

3  'Tis  God  that  lifts  our  comforts  high,., 
ox  finks  them  in  the  grave, 

m 


350        HYMN    xxxv,  xxxvi. 

He  gives,  (and  bleffed  be  his  name) 
He  takes  but  what  he  gave. 

4  Peace,  all  our  angry  pafiion  then, 

let  each  rebellious  iigh, 
Be  filent  at  his  fov'reing  will, 

and  every  murmur  die. 
5.  If  fmiling  mercy  crown  our  lives? 

it's  prailcs  {hall  be  fpread, 
And  we'll  adore  the  juitice  too 

that  ftrikes  our  comfort  dead. 

H  Y  M  N  XXXVI. 

^Faith  triumphing  in  Ckrtfi' sfufferingi* 

Rom.  VIII.  33,     &c. 

1  ^[X  T HO  mall  the  Lord's  eled  condemn  f 

\jfy     ' Tis  God  that  juftifies  their  fouls, 
And  mercy  like  a  mighty  fir  earn, 
O'er  all  their  fins  divinely  rolls. 

2  Who  fhall  adjudge  the  faints  to  hell  I 
'Tis  Chrifi  that  fufter'd  in  their  ftead, 
And  the  falvation  to  fulfil 

Behold  him  rifin^from  the  dead. 

3  He  lives !  he  lives  !  and  fits  above 
For  ever  interceeding  there  ; 
Who  fhall  divide  us  from  his  love, 
Or  what  mall  tempt  us  to  defpair  ? 

4  Shall  perfecution,  or  diftrefs, 
Famine,  or  fword,  or  nakednefs  ? 

He 


HYMN     xxxvi,  xxxvir.         351 

He  that  hath  lov'd  us,  bears  us  thro5 
And  makes  us  more  than  conqu'rors  too* 

5  Faith  hath  an  over-coming  pow'r, 
It  triumphs  in  the  dying  hour  ; 
Chriji  is  our  life,  our  joy,  our  hope. 
Nor  can  we  fink  with  fuch  a  prop. 

6  Not  all  that  men  on  earth  can  do, 
Nor  pow'rs  on  high,  nor  pow'rs  below? 
Shall  caule  his  mercy  to  remove, 

Or  wean  our  hearts  from  Chriji  our  love, 

HYMN    XXXVII. 

The  vanity  of  the  World. 

PfaLXLIX69.Eccl.VIIL  8.  Job.IIL  14,   15, 

iTN  vain  the  wealthy  mortals  toil, 

\_  And  heap  their  mining  dull  in  vain, 
Look  down  and  fcorn  the  humble  poor, 
And  boaft  their  lofty  hills  of  gain. 
2.  There  golden  cordials  cannot  eafe 
Their  pained  hearts  or  aking  heads, 
Nor  fright  nor  bribe  approaching  death 
From  glittering  roofs  and  downy  beds. 

3  The  ling'ring  the  unwilling  foul 
The  difmal  fummons  muft  obey. 
And  bid  a  long,  a  fad  farewell 

To  the  pale  lump  of  lifelefs  clay. 

4  Thence  they  are  huddled  to  the  grave,, 
Where  kings  and  Haves  have  equal  thrones 
Their  bones  without  diiHnction  lie 
Amongft  the  heap  of  meaner  bones. 

HTM  N 


35^  HYMN  xxxviii, 

H  2  M  N    XXXVIII 

Vijion  of  the  Lamb, 

Rev.  V,  6,  7.  8.  9,  » 

LL  mortal  vanities  be  gone, 
Nor  tempt  my  eyes  nor  tire  my  ears3- 
Behold  amidft  th'  eternal  throne 
A  viiion  of  the  lamb  appears. 
2  Glory  his  fleecy  robe  adorns, 
Mavk'd  with  the  bloody  death  he  bore  ; 
Sev'n  are  his  eyes,  and  fev'n his  horns9i 
Tofpeak  his  wifdom  and  his  pow'r. 

3,  Lo,he  receives  a  fealed  book 
From  him  that  fits  upon  the  throne  ; 
JefuSf  my  Lord,  prevails  to  look 
On  dark  decrees,  and  things  unknown. 
4  All  the  aflembling  faints  around 
Fall  worfhipping  before  the  lamb, 
And  in  new  longs  of  gofpel-found 
Addrefs  their  honours  to  his  name* 

The  joy,  the  fhout?  the  harmony 
Flies  o'er  the  everlaiting  hills. 
"  Worthy  art.thou  alone"  (they  cry) 
"  To  read  the  book,  to  loofe  the  fcal." 
6  Our  voices  join  the  heav'nly  {train, 
And  with  tranfporting  pleafure  fing, 
Worthy  the  lamb,  that  once  was  flain, 
To  be  our  teacher,  and  our  king. 

7,  His 


H  Y  M.  N     xxxviii,     xxxix.       353 

*p  His  words  of  prophecy  reveal 
Eternal  counfels,  deep  defigns  ; 
His  grace  and  vengeance  mall  fulfil 
The  peacefitl  and  the  dreadful  lines. 

8  Thou  hail  redeemed  our  fouls  from  hell 
With  thine  invaluable  blood; 

And  wretches  that  did  once  rebel 
Are  now  made  fav'rites  of  their  God, 

9  Worthy  for  ever  is  the  Lord, 
That  dy'd  for  treafbn  not  his  own, 
By  ev'rv  tongue  to  be  ador'd, 
And  dwell  upon  his  father's  throne. 

H  T  M  N  XXXIX. 

A  Saint  ajfured  cf  Htaverb. 

2  Tim.  IV.  6,  7,  8,  1 8. 

*T"VEATH  may  difTolve  my  body  now^ 
JL/  and  bare  my  fpirit  home  : 
Why  do  my  minutes  move  fo  flow, 

nor  my  falvation  come  ? 
2  With  heav'nly  weapons  I  have  fought. 

the  battles  of  the  Lord, 
FiniOi'd  my  courfe,  and  kept  the  faith, 

and  wait  the  fure  reward. 

3,  God  has  laid  up  in  heaven  for  me 

a  crown  which  cannot  fade  ; 
The  righteous  judge  at  that  great  day 

{hall  place  it  on  my  head. 

4  No? 


354  HYMN  xxxix,    xL 

4  Nor  hath  the  king  of  grace  decreed- 

this  prize  for  me  alone  ; 
But  all  that  love,  and  long  to  fee 
tli*   appearance  of  his  fon. 

5*  Jefus->  tnv  Lord,  fhall  guard  me  fafe 

from  eVry  i]l  defign  ; 
And  tahis  heav'nly  kingdom  keep 

this  feeble  foul  of  mine. 
6.  God  is  my  everlafting  aid, 

and  hell  fhall  rage  in  vain  ;, 
To  him  be  high  eft  glory  paid-, 

and  endlefs  Praile.     Ameiu 

H  T  M  N    XL, 

ChriiT  s  triumph  over  the  Church's  Enemies* 

Ha.  LXIII.  i,  2,  3,  &c. 

x'TlTTHat  mighty  man,  or  mighty  Goct 
V  V       comes  travelling  in  frate, 

Along  the  Idcmean  road 
away  from  Bczrah's  gate  ! 

2.  The  glory  of  his  robes  proclaim, 
'tis  fome  victorious  king  ; 

"  Tis  I,  the  juft,  th*  almighty  one 
*  that  your  falvation  bring. 

3.  Why,    mighty  Lord,  thy  faints  enquire, 
why  thine  apparel's  red  ? 

And  all  thy  velture  ftain'd  like  thofe 
who  in  the  wine-prefs  tread  ? 

4"! 


HYMN    xl,     xli.  355 

4-  Ci  I  by  my  M£  have  trod  the  prefe, 

"  and  crum^d  my  foes  alone, 
«  My  wrath  has  ftruck  the  rebels  dead,. 

"my  fury  ftampM  them  down. 

5  "  *Tis  £dWs  blood  that  dies  my  robe* 
"  with  joyful  fcarlet  Stains, 

"  The  triumph  that  my  raiment  wears 
"  fprung  from  their  bleeding  veins. 

6  "  Thus  fhallthe  nations  he  deftroy'd 
"  that  dare  infuk  my  faints, 

tt  I  have  an  arm  t'  avenge  their  wrongs* 
"  an  ear  for  their  cemplaints... 

H  T  M  N    XLI. 

Divine  zuratk  and  mercy. 

Naham  I,  1,2,  3,  &<,. 

j    A   DORE  and  tremble,  for  our  God 
jfj^     is  a  confuming  lire, 
His  jealous  eyes  his  wrath  inflame 
and  raife  his  vengeance  higher. 

2  Almighty  vengeance,  how  it  burns  f 
how  bright  his  fury  glows  ! 

Vail  magazines  of  plagues  and  ftcrms- 
lie  treafur'd  for  his  foes. 

3  Thofe  heaps  of  wrath  by  flow  degree- 
are  forced  into  a  flame, 

But  kindled,  oh  !  how  fierce  they  blaze  ! 
and  rend  all  nature's  frame. 

4...  At 


356  H  Y  M  N     xli,     xlii. 

4  At  his  approach  the  mountains  flee,  . 
and  feck  a  watry  grave  ; 

The  frighted  fea  makes  hafte  away* 
and  ihrinks  up  ev'ry  wave. 

5  Thro'  the  wide  air  the  weighty  rocks, 
are  fwift  as  hail-ftones  huiTd  : 

Who  dares  engage  his  fiery  rage, 
that  makes  the  folid  world  i 

6  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  fov'reing  grace, 
fits  regent  on  the  throne, 

The  refuge  of  thy  chofen  race 
when  wrath  comes  ruining  down. 

7  Thy  handfhail  on  rebellious  kings 
a  fiery  tempeft  pour, 

While  we  beneath  thy  fhelt'ring  wings 
thy  juft  revenge  adore. 

H  T  M  N    XDI. 

The  Chridian 's  peace. 

Ifa.  XL.   28,  29,  30,  31. 

1  A  WAKE  our  fouls  (away  our  fears) 
|\  Let  ev*ry  trembling  tho't  be  gone 

Awake,  and  run  the  heavenly  race, 
And  put  a  chearful  courage  on. 

2  True  'tis  a  ftrait  and  thorny  road, 
And  mortal  fpirits  tire  and  faint, 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God 
That  feeds  the  ftrength  of  ev'ry  faint. 

•  3.  The 


HYMN     xlii,  xliii.  357 

3  The  mighty  God  whofe  matchlefs  pow'r 
Is  ever  new  and  ever  young, 

And  firm  endures  while  endlefs  years, 
Their  everlafling  circles  ran. 

4  From  thee  the  overflowing  fpring, 
Our  fouls  fhall  drink  a  frefh  fupply, 
While  fuch  as  truft  their  native  flrength 
Shall  melt  away,  and  droop,  and  die. 

5  Swift  as  an  ^eagle  cuts  the  air, 
We'll  mount  aloft  to  thine  abode, 
<0n  wings  of  love  our  fouls  fhall  fly, 
Nor  tire  arnidft  thejieav'riry  road. 

HY  MN    XLIII. 

Perfevsn'ng  grace. 

Jud.     XXIII.  25, 


1  **y^O  God  the  only  wife 


our  faviour,  and  our  kin %„ 
Let  all  the  faints  below  the  fides 
their  humble  praifes  bring. 

2  *Tis  his  almighry  love, 
his  counfel  and  his  care, 

Preferves  us  fife  from  fin  and  death, 
and  ev'ry  hurtful  fnare. 

3  He  will  prefent  our  fouls 
unblemiflvd  and  compleat. 

^Before  the  glory  of  his, face, 
Vvithjoys  divinely  great. 

4-  The^ 


352  H  Y  M  N     xliii,  xliv, 

4  Then  all  the  chofen  feed 
fhall  meet  around  the  throne. 

Shall  blefs  the  conduct  of  his  grace, 
and  make  his  wonder's  known. 

5  To  our  redeemer  God 
wifdom  and  pow'r  belongs, 

Immortal  crowns  of  majefty^ 
and  everlafting  fongs. 

H  T  M  N    XLIV. 

?The  Dsvil  vanquijh'd. 

Rev.  XI,  .7. 

LET  mortal  tongues  attempt  to  fingf 
The  wars  of  heav'n,  when  Michael  flood 
Chief  general  of  the  eternal  king, 
And  fought  the  battle  of  our  God. 
2.  Againil  the  dragon  and  his  hoft 
The  armies  of  the  Lord  prevail  ; 
In  vain  they  ra.ge,  in  vain  thev  boaft, 
Their  courage  finks,  their  weapons  fail. 

3  Down  to  the  earth  was  Satan  thrown, 
Down  to  the  earth  his  legions  fell  ; 
Then  was  the  trump  of  triumph  blown, 
And  fhook  the  dreadful  deeps  of  hell. 

4  Now  is  the  hour  of  darknefs  paft, 
Chri/i  has  aflum'd  his  reigning  pow'r  \ 
Behold  the  great  accufer  call 

Down  from  the  Ikies  to  rife  no  more. 

5  'Twas 


H  Y  M  N    xliv,  xlv. 


359 


5  'Twas  by  thy  blood,  immortal  lamb, 
Thine  armies  trod  the  tempter  down  ; 

'  Twas  by  thy  word  and  powerful  name 
They  gain'd  the  battle  and  renown. 

6  Rejoice  ye  heav'ns  j  let  ev'ry  ftar 
Shine  with  new  glories  round  the  fky  ^ 
Saints  while  you  ling  the  heav'nly  war, 
Raife  your  deliverers  name  on  high, 

H  T  M  N    XLV. 

Ckri/lhfgJi  priefi  and  king,  ccming  tQ  Judgement. 

Rev.  1,  5,6,7. 

i~^Tow  to  the  Lord,  that  makes  us  know 
J^l      The  wonders  of  his  dying  love  : 
Be  humble  honours  paid  below, 
And  {trains  of  nobler  praife  above. 
&  'Twas  he  that  cleans*  d  our  fouleft  fins, 
And  wahVd  us  in  his  rkheft  blood  : 
'Tis  he  that  makes  us  priefts  and  kings, 
And  brings  us  rebels  near  to  God. 

3  To  Jejus  our  atoning  prieft^ 
To  Jefus  our  fuperior  king, 
Be  everlafting  pow'r  confefl, 
And  ev'ry  tongue  his  glory  iing. 

4  Behold,  on  flying  clouds  he  comes, 
And  ev'ry  eye  (hall  fee  him  move  ; 
Tho'  with  our  fins  we  pierc'dhim  once; 
Then  he  difplays  Iris  pard'ninq;  love. 

5  Th^ 


360  HYMN     xlvi. 

5  The  unbelieving  world  fhalJ  wail 
While  we  rejoice  to  fee  the  day  : 
Come  Lord  :  nor  let  thy  promife  faiL 
Nor  let  thy  chariots  long  delay. 

HYMN    XLVI. 

Chri'fi  worjhipped  by  all  creatures. 

Rev.  V.   i,  12,   13. 

i^lOme  let  us  join  our  chearful  fongs 
%^ji     with  angels  round  the  Throne  ; 
Ten  thoufand  thoufands  are  their  tongues5 

but  all  their  joys  are  one. 
1  "  Worthy  the  lamb,  that  dy'd.^theycry, 

"  to  be  exalted  thus  ;" 
Worthy  the  lamb,  our  lips  reply, 

for  he  was  flain  for  us. 

3  Jefus  is  worthy  to  receive 

Honour  and  pow'r  divine  • 
And  bleihngs  more  than  we  am  give, 
be,  Lord,  for  ever  thine. 

4  Let  all  that  dwell  above  the  iky, 
and  air,  and  earth,  and  feas, 

Confpire  to  lift  thy  glories  high, 
and  fpeak  thine  endiefs  praife. 

5  The  whole  creation  join  in  one, 

to  blefs  the  facred  name 
Of  him  that  fits  upon  the  throne, 
and  to  adore  the  lamb. 

H  Y  M  N 


HYMN    xlvii.  361 

H  T  M  N    XLVIL 

Gracious  Adoption. 

i  John  iii.  1,  &c.  Gal.  iv.  6» 

1 XJ  EHOLD  what  wond'rous  grace 

[j     the  father  has  -beftow'd, 
-On  finners  of  a  mortal  race, 
to  call  them  fons  of  God  1 

2  'Tis  no  furprizing  thing, 
that  we  fkould  be  unknown  ; 

The  Jewijh  world  knew  not  their  king, 
God's  everlafting  Son  : 

3  Nor  doth  it  yet  appear 

how  great  we  muft  be  made  ; 
.But  when  we  fee  our  faviour  here, 
we  fhall  -be  like  our  head. 

4  A  hope  fo  much  divine 
may  trials  well  endure, 

May  purge  our  fouls  from  fenfe  and  fin 
as  thrift  the  Lord  is  pure. 

5  If  in  my  father's  love 
J  fhare  a  filial  part, 

Send  down  thy  ipirit,  like  a  dove, 
to  reft  upon  my  heart. 

6  We  would  no  longer  lie 

like  Haves  beneath  the  throne  : 
■My  faith  mail  Abba  father  cry,     - 
and  thou  the  kindred  own. 

(^  H  T  M  N 


jSt  H  M  M  N     xlvriL 

H  T  M  N    XLVIII. 

ThsftrengthofChrift's  lev?  &c* 

Sol.  Song  VIII,  5,  6,  .7,  15,  14- 
;i"^lj7"H0  is  this  fair  one  indiflreis, 

V  V      That  travels  from  the  wilder nej 
And  prefs'd  with  forrows  and  with  fins, 
On  her  beloved  Lord  Hie  leans. 
1  This  is  the  fpoufe  of  Clirilt  our  God, 
Bought  with  the  treafures  of  his  blood 
And  her  requeft  and  her  complaint, 
Is  but  the  voice  of  cvrry  faint. 

3  "  O  let  my  name  engraven  (land, 

"  Both  on  thy  heart  and  on  thy  hand  : 
"  Seal  me  upon  thine  arm-,  and  wear 
**■  That  pledge  of  love  for  ever  there. 

4  "  Stronger  than  death  thy  love  is  known 
"Which  floods  of  wrath  could  never  drown 
*<  And  hell  and  earth  in  vain  combine 

"  To  quench  a  fire  fo  much  divine. 

5  "  But  I  am  jealous  of  my  heart, 

«  Left  it  mould  once  from  thee  depart  ; 
Then  let  thy  name  be  well  imprefs'd, 
*  -  As  a  fair  Signet  on  my  bread. 

6  "  Till  thou  hail  brought  me  to  tny  hom< 
«  Where  fears  and  doubts  can  never  come 
««  Thy  countenance  let  me  often  (ee, 

•id  often  thou  malt  hear  from  me. 

7.  "  Com 


H  Y  M  N    xlix.  %6$ 

7  x<  Come,  my  beloved,  hafte  away 
"  Cut  fliort  the  hours  of  thy  delay, 
"V  Fly  like  a  youthful  hart  or  roe 
i{  Over  the  hills  where  fpices  grow, 

II  T  M  N    XLIX. 

Man  vain  and  mortal. 

Job  IV,  i?r— 21. 

i  O  Hall  the  vile  race  of  flefh  and  blood 

g^jl     Contend   with  their  creator,  God  I 
Shall  mortal  worms  prefume  to  be 
More  holy,  wife,  or  juft  than  he? 

2  Behold  he  puts  his  truft  in  none 
Of  all  the  fpirits  round  his  throne ; 
Their  natures  when  compar'd  with  his. 
Are  neither  holy,  juft,  nor  wife. 

3  But  how  much  meaner  things  are  they 
Who  fpring  from  duft,  and  dwell  in  clay  ' 
Touch'd  by  the  finger  of  thy  wrath, 

We  faint  and  vaniih  like  the  moth. 

4  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  nighty 
We  die  by  thoufands  in  thy  fight  ; 
Bury'd  in  duft  whole  nations  lie 

Like  a  forgotten  vanity. 

5  Almighty  pow'r,  to  thee  we  bow  ; 
How  frail  are  we  !  how  glorious  thou ! 
No  more  the  fons  of  earth  fhall  dare 
With  an  eternal  God  compare. 

(^  2  H  T  M  N 


5^4  HYMN    1. 

H  r  M  N    L. 

Z//V,  ///<?  day  of  grace  and  hop*. 

Ecclef.  IX.  4,  5,  6,  io. 

LIFE  is  the  time  to  ferve  the  Lord, 
The  time  t'enfuve  the  great  reward, 
And  while  the  lamp  holds  out  to  burn, 
The  vileft  finner  may  return. 
i.  Life  is  the  hour  that  God  has  giv'n, 
To  'fcape  from  hell,  and  fly  to  heav'n  4 
The  day  of  grace,  and  mortals  may 
Secure  the-'bleffin^s  of  the  day. 

3  The  Living  know  that  they  mull  die?, 
But  all  the  dead  forgotten  lie  ; 

Their  mem 'ry  and  their  fenfe  is. gone, 
Alike  unknowing  and  unknown. 

4  Their  hatred  and  their  love  is  loft, 
Their  envy  buried  in  the  duft  *, 
They  have  no  (hare  in  all  that's  done 
Beneath  the  circuit  of  the  fun. 

5  Then  what  my  thoughts  deiign    to   do, 
My  hand?,  with  all  your  might  purfue, 
Since  no  device,  nor  work  is  found, 

Nor  faith,  nor  hope,  beneath  the   ground. 

6  There  are  no  acts  of  pardon  pafs'd 
"in  the-  cold  grave,  to  which  we  hafte  ; 
But  darknels,  death,  and  long  defpair, 
■Reign  in  eternal  iilence  there. 

H  T M  N 


Ff  Y  M  N     H,     IS.  36S 

H  T  M  N      LL. 

[fujlificaticn  by. faith,  not  works, 

Rom,  III.  19, 22, 

1  \\  1TAIN  are  the  hopes  the  fons  of  mern 

Y        on  their  own  works  have   built: 
Their  heart  by  nature  all  unclean, 
and  all  their  actions  guilt. 

2  Let  Jew  and  Gentile  flop  their  mouths 
without  a  murm'ring  word, 

And  the  whole  race  of  Adam  Hand 
guilty  before  the  Lord. 

3  In-  vain  we  afk  God's  righteous  law 

to  juftify  us  now, 
Since  to  convince  and  to  condemn, 
is  all  the  law  can  do. 

4  Jefus,  how  glorious  is  thy  grace,, 
when  in  thy  name  we  truit ! 

Our  faith  receives  a  righteoumefs, 
that  makes  the  Sinner  jufl. 

H  T  M  N;    L1L 

Believe   and  be  faved. 

John  111.  16,  17,  18. 

l\T^^  t0  conc^emn  ^ie  ^ons  of  men 
Jl^J      Did  Chriji  the  Son  of  God  appear  ; 
No  weapons  in  his  hands  are  feen, 
£?o  flaming  fwqrd,  nor  thunder  there. 

2  Such 


$66  HYMN     Hi,  liii. 

i  Such  was  the  pity  of  our  God, 
He  lov'd  the  race  of  man  fo  well, 
He  fent  his  Son  to  bear  our  load 
Of  fins,  and  fave  our  fouls  from  hell. 

3  Sinners,  believe  the  Saviour's  word, 
Truft  in  his  mighty  name,  and  live  y 
A  thoufand  joys  his  lips  afford, 
His  hands  a  thoufand  bleflings  give. 
a  But  vengeance  and  Damnation  lyes 
On  rebels  who  refuie  the  grace  ; 
Who  God's  eternal  Son  defpife, 
The  hotteft  hell  fhall  be  their  place. 

HTMN    LIII. 

Heaven  inv'fcble  and  holy. 

i  Cor.  II.  9,  10.  Rev.  XXI.  27. 

JOR  eye  hath  feen,  nor  ear  has  heard, 
nor  fenfe  nor  reafon  known, 
What  joys  the  father  has  prepar'd 
for  thofe  that  love  his  Son. 

2  But  the  good  fpiiit  of  the  Lord 
reveals  a  heaven  to  come  ; 

The  beams  of  glory  in  his  word 
allure  and  guide  us  home. 

3  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  iky, 
and  all  the  region  peace  ; 

No  wonton  lips  nor  envious  eye 
can  fee  or  tafle  the  blifs. 

4.  Thofe 


H  Y  M  N     liv,  lv.  M 


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4  Thofe  holy  gates  for  ever  bar, 
pollution,  fin,  and  fhame  : 

None  fhall  obtain  admittance  there 
but  followers  of  the  lamb, 

t;  He  keeps  the  father's  book  of  life  g 
there  all  their  names  are  found; 

The  hypocrite  in-  vain  mall  itrive 
to  tread  the.  heav'nly  ground. 

H  2   M  N    LIV. 

Deal  to  Sin  by  the  Crofs  of  Ckri/i, 

Rom.  VL  1,  2,  6. 

i.nHALL  we  go  on  to  fin, 

j3     becaufe  thy  grace  abounds  ? 
Or  Crucify  the  Lord  again 
and: 'open  all  his  wounds  ? 

2  Forbid  it  mighty  God 
nor  let  it  e'tr  be  faid, 

That  we  whofe  iins  are  crucify 'd 
fhould  raiie  them  from  the  dead, 

3  We  will  be  flaves  no  more, 
fince  Chrift  has  made  us  free, 

Has  nail'd  our  tyrants  to  his  crofs, 
and  bought  our  Liberty. 
H  T  M  N    LV. 


'N 


27/e  value  of Chrif's  rightecufnefs. 

Phil.  III.  7,  8,  9. 
O  more,  my  God,  I  boafc  no  more 
Of  all  the  Duties  I  have  done.;.. 


368  HYMN     hi. 

I  quit  the  hopes  I  held  before 
To  truft.  the  merits  of  thy  Son, 

2.  Now  for  the  love  I  bear  his  name, 
What  was  my  gain  I  count  my  lofs  ^ 
My  former  pride  I  call  my  fhame, 
And  nail  my  glory  to  his  Crois. 

3  Yes,  and  I  rauft  and  will  efteem 
All  things  but  lofs  for  Je/us'  fake  : 
O  may  my  Soul  be  found  in  him, 
And  of  his  rightepufnefs  partake  ! 

4  The  beft  obedience  of  my  hands 
Dares  not  appear,  before  thy  throne  ; 
But  faith  can  anfwer  thy  demands, 
By  pleading  what  my  Lord  has  done. 

H  T  M  N    LVi.     Rom,  VII.  8,  &c. 

Convifticn  cf  Jin  by  Law. 

i  "T     ORB,  how  fecure  my  eonfcience  was 

f  j     and  felt  no  inward  dread    ! 
1  was  alive  without  the  Law, 

and  thought  my  fins  were  dead. 
'i  My  hopes  of  heav'n  were  firm  and  bright 

but  fince  the  precept  came  ■ 
i  With  a  convincing  pow'r  and  light, 

I  find  how  vile  I  am. 

;  3  My  guilt  appear'd  but  fmall  before, 

'till  terrible  I  faw 
s  How  perfect,  holy,  juft  and  pure 

was  thine  eternal  Law. 

4  Thenr 


H"  T  M  N     lvii.  ;        zsg 

4  Then  felt  my  foul  the  heavy  load, 
my  fins  revived  again 

I  had  provok'd  a  dreadful  God. 
and  all  my  hopes  were  flain, 

5  I'm  like  a  helplefs  captive  fold, 
under  the  pow'r  of  fin  ; 

I  cannot  do  the  good  I  would 
nor  keep  my  conference  clean. 

6  My  God,  I  cry  with  ev'ry  breath, 
for  fome  kindpow'r  to  fave, 

To  break  the  yoke  of  lin  and  deaths 
and  thus  redeem  the  Have. 

H  T  M  N  LVII. 

Mofes    &  Chtiji,  Laiv  &  Gcfpeh 

Joh.I.  17.  Heb,  III.  3,  &c,.X.   28, 

1  rnrtHETaw  by  Mofes  came, 

Jt       but  peace,  and  truth,  and  love-,.. 
Were  brought  by  Chrifi  (a  nobler  name): 
defcending  from  above. 

2  Amidftthehoufeof  God 

their  diff'rent  works  were  done  3. 
Mofes  a  faithful  fervant  flood, 
but  Chrifi  a  faithful  Son*. 

3  Then  to  hi  s  new  commands, 
be  ftrict.  obedience  paid  ; 

©'er  all  his  father's  houfe  he  frauds 
the  fovereign  and  the  head, 

4  Jm 


37c  HYMN     lviii. 

4  The  man  thatdurft  defpifc 
the  law  that  Mofes  brought  ! 

Behold  !  how  terribly  he  dies 
for  his  prefumptuous  fault. 

5  But  forer  vengeance  falls 
on  that  rebellious  race, 

Who  hate  to  hear  when  Jefas  calls, 
and  dare  refift  his  grace. 

H  T  M  N    LVIII. 

ChnjTs   CcmpaJJicn   to   the  weak    &  Tempted. 

Heb.  IV.    15,   16,  8z  V.  7.  Matt.  XII.   20. 

inKH|"TITH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 

VV        of  our  high- Prieft  above  ; 
His  heart  is  made  of  tendernefs, 

his  bowels  melt  with  love. 
■2  Touch'd  with  a  fyrnpathy  within 

he  knows  our  feeble  frame, 
He  knows  what  fore  temptations  mean 

for  he  has  felt  the  fame. 

3  But  fpotlefs,  innocent  and  pure 
the  great  redeemer  flood, 

While  Satarfk  nery  darts  he  bore, 
and  did  refill  to  blood, 

4  He  in  the  days  of  feeble  flefh 
pour'd  out  Lis  cries  and  tears,. 

And  in  his  mcafure  feels  afretn 
what  ev'ry  member  bears. 

c  Ikvi 


HYMN    Ex.  37j, 

5  He'll  never  quench  the  fmoaking  flax 
butraifeit  to  a  flame  ; 

The  bruifed  reed  he  never  breaks, 
nor  fcorns  the.  meaneft  name. 

6  Then,  let  our  humble  faith  addrefs 
his  mercy  and  his  pow'r, 

We  fiiall  obtain  deliv'ring  grace 
in  the  diftreihng  hour. 

HVMN    LIX,  Titus II.   10—13./ 

Holinefs  &  Grace. 

i  O  O  let  our  lips  and  lives  expr-efs 

k3      ^ne  nobr  g°^Pel  we  profefs, 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  mine, 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 
1  Thus  ihall  we  bed  proclaim  abroad 
The  honours  of  our  Saviour  God  ; 
When  the  falvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  fubdues  the  pow'r  of  fin. 

3  Our  flefh  and  fenfe  mull  be  deny' d  : 
Pailion  and  envy,  luft  and  pride 

While  juftice,  temp'rance  truth  and  love? 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

4  Religion  bears  our  fpirits  up 
While  we  expect  that  bleffed  hope, 
The  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord 
^nd  faith  ftands  leaning  on  his  word. 

h  r  m  M 


37  a  HYMN     Ix,  &L 

H  T  M  N    LX. 

Religion  vain  -without  Love. 

i   Cor.    XIII.   i,  2,  3. 

1  "I    IT  AD  I  the  tongues  of  greeks  and  jews 
JTj[   And  nobler  ipeech  than  angels  ufe,, 
If  love  be  abfent,  I  am  found 
Like  tinkling  brals  and  empty  found 
2.  Were  I  inlpir'd  to  preach  and  tell 
AU.  that  is  done  in  heav'n  and  hell, 
Or  could  my  faith  the  world  remove, 
Still  I  am  nothing  without  love; 

o 

3  Should  T  dnlribute  all  my  (lore 
To  feed  the  bowels  of  the  poor, 
Or  give  my  body  to  the  flame, 
To  gain  a  martyr  s  glorious  name* 

4  If  love  to  God  and  love  to  men 
Be  abfent,  all  my  hopes  are  vain  : 
Nor  tongues,  nor  gifts  nor  fiery  zeal, 
The  work  of  love  can  e'er  fulfil. 

H  T  M  N    LXL 

Sahaticn  by  Grace  £5  Ckrifi. 

2  Tim.  I.  9,   10. 

NOW  to  the  now'r  of  God  fupreme- 
Be  everJafting  honours  giv'n, 
Hefaves  from  hell  (we  blefs  his  name) 
lie  calls  our  wand'ring  feet  to  heav'n.. 
2  Nor  for  our  duties  nor  deierts, 
But  of  his  owe  abounding  grace. 

1; 


H  Y  M  N     ixii. 

He  works  falvation  in  our  hearts, 
And  forms  a  people  for  iiis  praiie. 

3  'Twas  his  own  purpofe  that  began 
To  refcue  rebels  doom'd  to  die  ; 

He  gave  us  grace  in  Cnriil  his  ion 
Before  he  fpread  the  i tarry  fky. 

4  J  ejus  the  Lord  appears  at  lait, 

And  makes  his  father's  counfels  known 
Declares  the  great  tranfactions  pafs'd, 
And  brings  immortal  bleffings  down. 

5  He  dies  :  and  in  that  dreadful  night 
Did  all  the  pow'rs  of  hell  deftroy  ; 
Rifmg  he  brought  our  heav'n  to  light. 
And  took  pofleflion  of  the  joy. 

H  7   M  N    LXII. 

Humiliation  &  Exaltation  ofQhrift. 

Ifa.   LI1I.    1—5,    IC— 12, 

WHO  has  believ'd  thy  word, 
or  thy  falvation  known  y 
Reveal  thine  arm,  almighty  Lord, 

and  glorify  thy  Son. 
2  The  Jews  efteem'd  him  here 

too  mean  for  their  belief  ;  / 

p  —  v0W  }i[s  chief  acquaintance  were,  / 
^  ■*  his  companion,  &&££ 


i  They  turn' d  their  eye-  away, 
and  treated  hiax  with  fcom  g 


But 


374  HYMN     Ixiii. 

But  'twas  their  grief  upon  him  lay, 
their  forrows  he  has  born. 

4  '  Twas  for  the  ftubborn  Jews 
and  Gentiles  then  unknown, 

The  God  of  Juftice  pleased  to  bruife 
his  bed-beloved  Son. 

5  "  But  I'll  prolong  his  days, 

"  and  make  his  kingdom  (land, 
"  My  pleafure  (faith  the  God  of  grace) 
"  mall  profper  in  his  hand. 

6  "■  His  joyful  foul  mail  fee 
"  the  purchafe  of  his  pain, 

''-  And  by  his  knowledge  juftify 

"  the  guilty  Sons  of  men. 
;   "  Ten  thoufand  captive  ilaves 

cc  releas'd  from  death  and  fin, 
"  Shall  quit  their  prifons   and  their  graves, 

Ci  and  own  his  pow'r  divine. 

8   "    Heav'n  mail  advance  my  Son 

"  to  joys  that  earth  deny'd  ; 
"  Who  faw  the  follies  men  had  done, 

"  and  bore  their  fins,  and  dv'd. 
H  Y  M  N    LXIIL 

Frailty    &  Folly. 

iTTOW  mor^  and  hafty  is  our  life  I 
Jt~l   now  vaft  ourfeulsvAfeiW.. 
Yet  fenfelefs  mortals  vainly  ftrivY 
to.laviili  out  their  years. 

2  Qua 


HYMN     lxiii  575 

2  Our  days  run  thoughtleuy  along, 
without  a  moment's  Hay, 

Juft  like  a  ftory  or  a  long, 
we  pafs  our  lives  away. 

3  God  from  on  high  invites  us  home, 
but  we  march  heedlefs  on, 

And  ever  haft'ning  to  the  tomb, 
ftoop  downwards  as  we  run.       . 

4  How -we  deierve  the  deepeil  hell 
that  flight  the  joys  above  1 

What  chains  of  vengeancefihould  we  teei 
that  break  fuch  cords  of  love  ! 

5  Draw  us,  O  God,  with  fov'reign  grace, 
and  lift  our  thoughts  on    high, 

That  we  may  end  this  mortal  race 
and  fee  fal'vation  nigh. 

H  Y  M  N  LXIV. 

Glory  and  Grace  in  the  P  erf  on  of  Ch  rift. 

O  W  to  the  Lord  a  noble  fong  S 
Awake  my  foul,  awake  my  tongue 
Ho/anna  to  th'  eternal  name, 
And  ail  his  boundlefs  love  proclaim. 

a  See  where  it  mines  in  Jefus\  face, 
The  biighteft  Image  of  his  grace  ; 
God  ihthe  perfon  of  his  Son, 
Has  all  his  mightieft  works  out-  done. 

i.    In 


376  H  Y  M  N      lxv. 

3  The  fpacious  earth,  and  fpreading  flood 
Proclaim  the  wife,  the  pow'rful  God, 
And  thy  rich  glories  from  afar, 
Sparkle  in  ev'ry  rolling  ftar. 

4  But  in  his  looks  a  glory  ftands, 
The  noUeft  labour  of  thine  hands  .* 
The  pleailng  luitreof  his  eyes 
Oat-fhines  the  wonders  of  the  flues. 

5  Grace  i  'tis  a  fweet,  a  charming  theme  , 
My  thoughts  rejoice  at  J  ejus*  same ; 
Ye  angels,,  dwell  upon  the  found, 

Ye  Heav'ns  reflefb  it  to  the  ground. 

6  O  may  1  live  to  reach  the  place 
Where  he  unvai^s  his  lovely  face, 
Where  all  his  beauties  you  behold, 
And  fmg  his  name  to  harps  of  gold  I 

H  Y  M  N    LXY. 

God  the  Son  equal  zviih  the  Father, 

Phil.  II.  6,  &c. 

Right  king  of  glory,  dreadful  God  ! 

I  Our  fpirits  bow  before  thy  feat, 
To  thee  we  lift  an  humble  thought, 
And  worfhip  at   thine  a  vful  feet. 
i  Thy  povvVnathform'd.thy  wifdomfways 
All  hat-tire  with  a  fov'reign  word  ; 
And  the  bright  world  of  flars  obeys 
The  will  of  their  fuperior  Lord. 

3  Mercy 


HYMN     Ixvi.  377- 

3  Mercy  and  truth  unite  in  one, 
And.  fmiling  fit  at  thy  right-hand  ; 
Eternal  juftice  guards  thy  throne, 

And  vengeance  waits  thy  dread  commands 

4  A  thoufand  feraphs  Urong  and  bright 
Stand  round  the  glorious  deity  ; 

But  who  amongfc  the  fons  of  light 
Pretends  companion  with  ttibe  ? 


»*-•*. 


5  Yet  there  is  one  of  human  frame, 
Jefus  array' d  in  flefh  and  blood, 
Thinks  it  no  robbery  to  claim 

A  full  equality  with  God. 

6  Their  glory  ihines  with  equal  beams  £ 
Their  effence  is  for  ever  one, 

Tho'  they  are  known  by  diff 'rent  names, 
The  Father- God,  and  God  the  Son. 

7  Then  let   the  name  of  Chrift  our  King 
With  equal  honours  be  ador'd  ; 

His  praife  let  every  angel  ting. 
And  all  the  nations  own  the  Lord.. 

HTMN    IXVL 

A  Fu ne ral  Th c  ug/iL 

HARK  !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  found, 
my  ears  attend  the  cry, 
**  Ye  living  men,. come  view  the  ground, 

i{  where  you  muft  fhortly  lie. 
%  "  Princes,  this  clay  muft  be  your  bed 
«w  in  fpite  of  ail  your  tow'rs  ; 

The 


S$6  HYMN     lxvii. 

*  The  tall,  the  wife,  therev'rend  head 
"  mufc  lie  as  low  as  ours. 

3  Great  God  !  is  this  our  certain  doom  ? 
and  are  -we  (till  fecure  ? 

Still  walking  downwards  to  our  tomb, 
and  yet  prepare  no  more  ? 

4  Grant  us  the  pow'rs  ofquickning  grace, 
to  fit  our  fouls  to  fly-, 

Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flefh, 
we'll  rife  above  the  Iky. 

H  T  M  N    LX  VIL 

The  pajficn&  'Exaltation  cj  Chrift, 

Zech,  XII.  7. 

1  HpJTUS  faith  the  ruler  of  the  fkies, 

j[      "  awake  my  dreadful  {word  ; 
^  Awake  my  wrath,  and  fmite  the  man 
"  my  fello  ,v?  faith  the  Lord. 

2  Vengeance  receiv'd  the  dread  command; 
and  armed  down  me  flies, 

Jefus.  fiibmits  t'  his  father's  hand, 
and  bows  his  head,  and  dies. 

3  But  oh  !  the  wifdom  and  the  once 
that  join  with  vengeance  row  | 

He  dies  to  fave  our  guilty  race, 
and  yet  he  rifes  too. 

4  A  perfon  fo  divine  was  he 
who  yielded  to  be  flam, 

Tha 


H  Y  M  N     Ixviii.  3/Q: 

Fhat  he  could  give  his  foul  away 

and  take  his  life  again. 

Live,  glorious  Lord,  ani  reign  on.  high 

let  ev'rv  nation  fing, 
^nd  angels  found  with  endlefs  joy 

the  faviour  and  the  king. 

H  TMN         LXVIII. 

Look    on  him  xvlurn   they  have  pieced  C3"  mourn. 

NFINITE  grief  !  amazing  Woe  ! 
behold  my  bleeding  Lord  ! 
Sell  and  the  Jews  confpir'd  his  death, 
and  us'd  the  Roman  fword. 

2  Oh  !  the  fharp  pangs  of  imarting  pain 
my  dear  redeemer  bore, 

When  knotty  whips,  and  ragged  thorns 
his  facred  body  tore  ! 

3  But  knotty  whips,  and  ragged  thorns 
in  vain  I  do  accufe, 

In  vain  I  blame  the   l&man  bands, 

and  the  morefpitetul  Jews. 
§  'Twereyou,  my  fins,  my  cruel  fins, 

his  chief  tormentors  were  ! 
Each  of  my  crimes  became  a  nail, 

and  unbelief  the  fpear. 
55Twereyou,that  pulPd  the  vengeance  down 

upon  his  guiltlefs  head  :   -, 
Break.break  my  heart,oh  !  burft  mine  eyes, 

and  let  my  forrows  bleed. 

6  Strike 


'N 


580  H  Y  M  N     lxix. 

6  Strike,,  mighty  grace,  my  flinty  foul,.. 

till  melting  waters  flow, 
And  deep  repentance  drown  mine  eyes, 

in  undijjembled  woe. 

H  T  M  N    LXIX. 

Sinai    &  Si:n. 

Heb.  XII.    i.S5    &c. 

OT  to  the  tenors  of  the  Lord, 
the  temper!,  lire  and  fmoke, 
Not  to  the  thunder  of  that  word 
which  God  on  Sinai  fpokc  ; 

2  But  we  are  come  to  Sions  hill, 
the  city  of  our  God, 

Where  milder  words  declare  his  will, 
and  fprcad  his  love  abroad. 

3  Behold  th'  innumerable  hoft 
of  angels  cloath'd  in  light  ;; 

Behold  the  ipirits  of  the  juft 
whofe  faith  is  turn'd  to  fight;, 

4  Behold  the  blefr.  affembly  there, 
whole  names  are  writ  in  heav'n *;• 

And  God,  the  judge  of  all,  declares 
their  vileft  fins  forgiv'n. 

5  The  faints  on  earth  and  all  the  dead 

But  one  communion  make  ; 
All  join    in  thrift  the  living  head, 

and  pi  his  grace  partake. 

6.  I* 


•H  Y  M  N     lxx.  3'8:i 

In  fuch  fociety  as  this 
my  weary  foul  would  reft  ; 
'he  man  that  dwells  where  Je/us  is 
mail  be  forever  bleft. 

H  T  M  N    LXX, 

Self  Righteoufnsfs  is  ftifficisnt. 

Ifa  L.   19,   11.  Cha;p.  XXVUI.  20. 

Where  are  the  mourners  (faith  the  lor <k 
That  wait  and  tremble  at  my  word, 
;  That  walk  in  darknefs  all  the  day  I 
«  Come,  -make  my  nameyour  trufl  and  ftaye 
\  "  No  works  nor  duties  of  your  own 
c  Can  for  the  fmalleft  lin  atone , 
c  The  robes  that  nature  may  ^provide 
6  Will -not  your  leaft  pollutions  hide. 

\  "  The  fofteft  couch  that  nature  knows 
c  .Can  give  the  conscience  no  repofe  : 
P  Look  to  my  righteoufnefs,  and  live  ; 
I  Comfort  and  peace  are  -mine  to  give. 
I  "Ye  fons  of  pride  that  kindle  coals, 
jfWith  your  own  hands  to  warm  your  fouls, 
:c  Walk  in  the  light  of  your  own  fire, 
¥  Enjoy  the  fparks  that  ye  defire. 

5  -"  This  is  your  portion  at  my  hands  ; 
ci  Hell  waits  you  with  her  Iron  bands, 
"  Ye  mall  lye  down  in  forrow  there, 
*t&  In  death,  in  darknefs.  and  defpair. 

H  T  M  N 


382  H  Y  M  N      lxxi. 

H  T  M  N    LXXI. 

God  incompreker.fible  &  Sovereign. 

job  XL  7,  6y.XXV.  5.  XXVI.   iu 

i  £~^\  AN  creatures  to  perfection  find 

%^_j  Th*  eternal  uncreated  mind  ? 
Or  can  the  largeft  ftretch  of  thought 
Meafure  and  fearch  his  nature  out  ! 

2  "  'Tis  high  as  heav'n,  'tis  deep  as  hell, 
And  what  can  mortals  know  or  tell  ? 
His  glory  fpread  beyond  the  iky, 

And  all  the  ihining  worlds  on  high. 

3  But  man,  vain  man,  would  fain  be  wife 
Born  like  a  wild  young  colt  he  flies 
Thro'  all  the  follies  of  his  mind, 

And  fwells,  and  muffs  the  empty  wind. 

4  God  is  a  king  of  pow'r  unknown, 
Firm  are  the  orders  of  his  throne  ; 
If  he  refolve,  who  dare  oppofe, 

Or  alk  him  why,  or  what  he  does  ? 

5He  wounds  the  heart,and  hemakes  whole) 
He  calms   the  temped  of  the    foul  : 
When  he  (huts  up  in  long  defpair, 
Who  can  remove  the  heavy  bar  ? 
6  He  frowns,  and  darknefs  veils  the  moon, 
The  fainting  fun  grows  dim  at  noon  : 
The  pillars  of  heav'n's  Harry  roof 
Tremble  and  ftart  at  his  reproof. 

7  He 


.  M  M  M-  N  \  ixxii>  38% 

7  He  .gave. the  vaulted heav'n  its  form. 
The   crooked  ferpent,  and  the  worm  -y 
He  breaks  the  billows  with  his  breath, 
And  finite?  the  ions  of  pride  to  death. 

8  Thefe  are  a  portion  of  his  wTays  ; 
But  who  iliall  dare  defcribe  his  face  ? 
Who  can  endure  his  light  ;  or  Hand 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  his  hand  ? 

H  T  M  :N    LXXII. 

The  Lord's  /upper  Infiituted, 

i    Gor    XI.    23,  &c. 

1  *"T~^Was  on  that  .dark*  that  doleful  night 
j[    When  pow'rs  of  earth  and  hell  arofe, 
Againft  the    fon  of  God's  delight, 
And  friends  betray 'd  him  to  his  foes  : 
•2  Before  the  mournful  fcene  began, 
He  took  the  bread,  and  bleis'd,  and  brake; 
What  love  thro'  all  his  actions  ran ! 
What  wond'rous  words  of  grace  he  fpake  ! 

3  Q-  This  is  my  body,  broke  for  fin, 
"  Receive  and  eat  the  living  food  ;,J 
Then  took  the  cup,  and  blefs'd  the  wine, 
"  Tis  the  new  cov'nant  in  my  blood. 
4Ci  Do  this,  "(he  cry'd)  till  time  iliall  end. 
fi  In  mem'ry  of  your  dying  friend  ; 
66  Meet  at  my  table  and  record, 
€i  The  love  of  your  departed  Lord." 

5  Jffut9 


S%4  II  Y  M  N      lxxiii. 

5  Jefus,  thy  feaft  we  celebrate, 
"We  mew  thy  death,  we  ling  thy  name, 
^Till  thou  return  and  we  mail  eat 
The  marriage  flipper  of  the  lamb. 

H  V  M  N    LX21II. 

Crucifixion  to  the  -world  by  tht  Crof$  cj  Chrift, 

Gal.  VI.  14. 

i^TlTTHen  I  furvey  the  wondVous  crofs 
Yy    On  which  thePrince  of  gloiy  dyM 
My  richeft  gain  I  count  but  lofs, 
And  pour  contempt  -on  all  my  pride. 

2  Forbid  it,  Lord,  that  1  mould  boafc 
Save  in  the  death  of  Chriji  my  God  : 
All  the  vain  things  that  charm  me  moft, 
I  facrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

3  See  from  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down1! 
Did  e'er  fuch  love  and  forrow  meet  ? 
Or  thorns  compofe  fo  rich  a  crown  ? 

4  His  dying  crimfon,  like  a  robe, 
Spreads  o*er  his  body  on  the  tree ! 
Then  am  I  dead  to  all  the  globe, 
And  all  the  Hobe  is  dead  to  me. 

o 

5  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 
That  were  a  prefent  far  too  fmall : 
Love  fo  amazing,  fo  divine, 
Demands  my  foul,  mv  life,  my  all. 

H  T  M  N 


HYMN      Ixxiv.  385 

H  T  M  N    LXXIV. 

The  G  of  pel  Yeali. 

Luke  XIV.  ver.  16,  &c, 

%  "|_TT  OW  rich  are  thy   provifions,  Lord  I 
J7j|_     Thy  table  furnifh'd  from  above  I 
The  fruits  of  life  o'erfpread  the  board, 
The  cup  o'er  flows  with  heav'nly  ibve0 

2  Thine  antient  family  the  Jews, 
Were  firfb  invited  to  the  feaft  : 
We  humbly  take  what  they  refufe, 
And  Gentiles  thy  falvation  tafte. 

3  We  are  the  poor3  the  blind,  the  lame, 
And  help  was  far,  and  death  was  nigh  ! 
But,  at  the  Gofpel-call,  we  came, 

And  ev'ry  want  receiv'd  fupply. 

4  From  the  high  way  that  leads  to  hell, 
From  paths  of  darknefs  and  defpair, 
Lord  we  are  come  with  thee  to  dwell, 
Glad  to  enjoy  thy  presence  here. 

5. What  mall  we  pay  th'  eternal  Son, 
That  left  the  heav'n  of  his  abode, 
And  to  this  wretched  earth  came  dowru 
To  bring  us  wand'rers  back  to  God ! 

6  It  coft  him  death,  to  fave  our  lives ; 
To  buy  our  fouls  it  coil  his  own  ; 
And  all  the  unknown  joys  he  gives 
Were  bought  with  agonies  unknown/ 

7  Our  everlafting  love  is  due 

To  him  that  ranfom'd  finners  left ; 


336  HYMN    lxxvL 

And  pity'd  rebels  when  he  knew 
The  y^aft  expence  his  love  would  coft. 

H  T  M  N    LXXV. 

Doxology  to  the  blefs'd  Trinity. 

i/f^S  Lory  to  God  the  father's  name, 

\jir     who  from  our  iinful  race, 
Chofe  out  his  fav'rites  to  proclaim 
the  honours  of  his  grace. 

2  Glory  to  God  the  Son  be  paid., 
who  dwelt  in  humble  clay, 

And  to  redeem  us  from  the  dead, 
gave  his  own  life  away. 

3  Glory  to  God  the  ipirit  give, 
from  whofe  a;l  mighty  pow'r. 

Our  fouls  their  heav'nly  birth  derive, 
and  blefs  the  happy  hour. 

4  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 
th'  eternal  three  and  one, 

Who  by  the  wonders  of  his  love, 
has  made  his  nature  known. 

H  T  M  N  LXXVI. 

Another     148  Pfalm   Metre. 

iMpO  him  that  chofe  us  firft, 
J       Before  the  world  began  ; 
To  him  that  bore  the  curie,   . 
To  fave  rebellious  man  ; 

To  him  that  form'd 

Our  hearts  anew, 


HYMN    Lxxvii,  387 

Is  endlefs  praife 
And  glory  due. 

~2  The  father's  love  mall  run 
Thro'  our  immortal  fongs  } 
We  bring  to  God  the  Son 
Hcfannas  on  our  tongues  ; 

Our  lips  addrefs 

The  fpirit's  name 

With  equal  praife, 

And  zeal  the  fame. 

3  Letev'ry  faint  above, 
And  angel  round  the  throne* 
Forever  blefs  and  love 
Thefacred  three  in  one  : 

Thus  heav'n  mail  raife 

His  honours  high, 

When  earth  and  time 

Grow  old  and  die. 

HYMN    LXXVII. 

Love  to  Enemies. 

(Hof  3.  5.  Luke,  24,  44.  P/al.    35,  12—14) 

EHOLD  the  love,  the  gen'rous  love 
that  holy  David  fhows  : 
Hark,  how  his  founding  bowels  move 

to  his  afflicted  foes  ! 
2  When  they  are  fick,  his  foul   complains^ 

and  feems  to  feel  the  fmart  ; 
The  fpirit  of  the  Gofpel  reigns, 
and  melts  his  pious  heart. 

R  2  3    Ho# 


338  H  Y  M  N     Ixxvili. 

3  How  did  his  flowing  tears  condole, 
as  for  a  Brother  dead  ! 

And  failing  mortify'd  his. foul, 
while  for  their  life  he  pray 'd. 

4  They  groari'd,and  curs'd  him  on  their  bed 

yet  ftill  he  pleads  and  mourns  ; 
And  double  bleffings  on  his  head 
the  righteous  God  returns. 

5  O  glorious  type  of  heav'nly  grace  ! 
thus  Chrifl  the  Lord  appears  ; 

While  finners  curfe,  the  Saviour  prays, 
and  pities  them  with  tears. 

6  He  the  true  David^  Ifm*i's  king, 
bleft  and  belov'd  of  God, 

To  fave  us  rebels  dead  to  fin 
pay'd  his  own  deareft  blood. 

H  T  M  N    LXXVIil. 

■Qhifi  exalted  to  the  Kingdom. 

(LuL  i.  32.   Ch.  10.  21.  Ffal  21.    1—8.) 

{AVID  rejoic'd  in  God  his  ftrength, 
Rais'd  to  the*threne  by  fpecial  grace 
But  Chnjl  the  Son  appears  at  length, 
Fulfills  the  triumph  and  the  praiie. 
2  How  great  is  the  Mejtahh  joy 
in  the  falvation  of  thy  hand  1 
Lord,  thou  has  rais'd  his  kingdom  high, 
A  nd  L-iv'n  the  world  to  his  command. 

3  ThJ 


H.  r  ivl  N     ixxisTo  ^3^9, 

x.  Thy  goodnefs  grants  whate'er  he  will*; 
Nor  doth  the  leaft  requeit  with- hold  ; 
Blemngs  of  love  prevent  him  foil, 
And  crowns  of  glory,  not  of  gold.. 

4  Honour  and  majelty  divine 
Around  his  facred  temple  mine  ; 
Bleft  with  the  favour  of  thy  face^ 
And  length  of  everlafling  days. 

5  Thine  hand  mall  find  out  all  his  foes  ■$. 
And  as  a  li'ry  oven  glows 

With  raging  heat  and  living  coals, 
So  mall  thy  wrath  devour  their  fouls, 
H  T  M  N    LXXIX. 

Covenant  made  ■with  Chrifi. 

(I/a.  42.  1.  Heb.    1.   5,  &c.  FfaJ.  89,  i3&c.J 
t  JTT'-OR  ever  fhall  my  fbng  record- 
Jj     The  truth  and  mercy  of  the  Lord' ; 
Mercy  and  truth  for  ever  ftand. 
Like  Keav'n  eftablifh'd  by  his  hand. 

2  Thus  to  his  Son  he  fware,  and  laid, 

"  With  thee  my  Cov'nant  firft.  is  made  ; 
J£  In  thee  mail  dying  miners  live  ; 
"  Glory  and  grace  are  thine  to  give, 

3  t£   Be  thou  my  prophet,  thou  my  pried  .; 
"  Thy    children  mall  be  ever  bleft  ; 

SJ  Thou  art  my  chofen  king:  thy  throne 
£C  Shall  Hand  eternal  like  my  own. 

4  "  There's  none  of  all  my  fons  above  ; 
"  So  much  my  Image,  or  my  love  ; 

"  Celeftial 


,  39©  H  Y  M  N      lxxx, 

"  Celeftial  pow'rs  thy  fubjecb  are  ; 

«  Then  what  can  earth  to  thee  compare  ? 

5  David,  my  fervant,  whom  I  chofe 

"  To  guard  my  Hock,  to  crufb  my  foes, 
"  And  rais'd  him  to  the  Jewijh  throne, 
"  Was  but  a  ihadow  of  my  Son. 

6  Now  let  the  church  rejoice,  and  ling 
•  J  ejus  her  Saviour  and  her  king  ; 

Angels  his  heavenly  Wonders  mow, 
And  iaints  declare  his  works  below. 

H  T  M  N    LXXX. 

Infants  Praifing  God. 

(Mat.    2i.   15,   16.   Pfah  8.   1.  2) 

ALMIGHTY  ruler  of  the  ikies, 
thro'  thewide  earth  thy  nameisfpread 
And  thine  eternal  glory  rife 
O'er  all  the  heav'ns  thy  hands  have  made. 

2  To  thee  the  voices  of  the  young, 
A  Monument  of  honour  raife  ; 
And  babes  with  uninftrucled  tongue 
Declares  the  wonders  of  thy  praiie. 

3  Thy  pow'r  ailifts  their  tender  age 
To  bring  proud  rebels  to  the  ground, 
To  flill  the  bold  blafphemer's  rage, 
And  all  their  policies  confound. 

4  Children  amidft  thy  temple  throng 
To  fee  their  great  redeemer's  face  ; 

The 


HYMN     lxxxi. 


I9l 


The  Son  of  David  is  their  fong, 
And  young  Hjfaimas  fill  the  place. 

5  The  frowning  icribes  and  angry  prieils, 
In  vam  their  impious  cavils  bring  ; 
Revenge  fits  filent  in  their  breafls, 
While  JewifJo  babes  proclaim  their  king. 

H  T  M  N    LXXXI.  * 

Adam  and  Giiri/t.  herd  of  the  old  and  new  Creation. 

(  HeL   25  5i  &c.  Pfah   8,  3,  &c.) 

Ord,  what  was  man,whenmadeat  nrf 
_j   Adam  the  offs'prin-g  of  the  dull, 
That  thou  fhould'ft  fit  him  and  his  race 
But  juft  below  an  angel's  place  r 

2  That  thou  fhould1!:  raifehis  i x tture  fa% 
And  make  him  Lord  cf  all   below, 
Make  every  beafl  and  bird  fubmit, 
And  lay  the  fides  at  his  feet  I 

3  But,  O  what  brighter  glories  wait 
To  crown  the  fecend  Actanfs  Itate  ! 
What  honours  ffiall  thy  Son  adorn, 
Who  condefcended  to  be  born  ? 

4  See  him  below  his  angels  made  ; 
See  him  in  dufi  amongit  the  dead,. 
To  fave  a  ruin'd  world  from  fin  : 
But  he  fhali  reistfi  with  now'r  divine. 

5  The  world  to  come  redeem' d  from  all 
The  mis 'ries  that  attend  the  fall, 

■    New-made 


392  H  Y  M  N     lxxxii. 

New-made  and  glorious,  mall  fubmit 
At.  our  exalted  Saviour's  feet. 

HTM-N    LXXXII. 

Chrift,    Dying,  Rrjing,  &c. 

(Ads4.24.Ch.13.  33.  Heb  .1  5.  Pf.  2,  i,  Etc. 
i  \  yf"  AKER  and  fov'reign  Lord 

L VJL     of  Heav'n,  and  earth,  and  feas, 
Thy  providence  confirms. thy  word, 
and anfwers  thy  decrees. 

2  The  things  fo  long  foretold 
by  David  are  fulnll'd, 

When  J^mr  and  Gentiles  join'd  to  flay 
Jefus  thine  holy  child. 

3  17  hy  did, the  Gentiles  rage, 
and  Jews  With  one  accord 

Bend  all  their  counfels  to  deftroy 
th/  anointed  of  the  Lord  ? 

4  Rulers  and  kings  agree 
to  form  a^vain  deii gn. 

Againft  the  Lord  their  pow'rs  unite, 
againfl  his  Chrifl  they  join. 

5  The  Lord  derides  their  ragf , 
and  willfupport  his  throne  ; 

He  that  hath  rais'd  him  from  the  dead,, 
hath  own'd  him  for  his  Son. 

6  Now  he's  afcended  high, 
and  afks  to  rule  the  earth  ; 

The 


HYMN       fxxxiii.  393r 

The  merit  of  his  blood  he  pleads, 
and  pleads  his  heav'nly  birth. 

7  He  afks,  and  God  bellows 
a  large  Inheritance ; 

Far  as  the  world's  remotell  ends 
his  kingdom  mail  advance, 

8  The  nations  that  rebel 
muft  feel  his  Iron  rod  ; 

He'll  vindicate  thofe  honours  welM 
which  he  receiv'd  from  God, 

9  Be  wife,  ye  rulers,  now, 
and  worfhip  at  his  throne  ; 

With  trembling  jo)  ,  ye  people,  bow^ 

to -God's  exalted  Son. 
io  If  once  his  wrath  arife, 

ye  periili  on  the  place  : 
Then  bleffed  is  the  foul  that  flies 

for  refuge  to  his  grace 

H  T  M  N     LXXXIII, 

Men 'j  Mortality  and  Chrift's  Et&cm'iy. 

(Heb.    r.    io.   Ffahn  io  2,  23,,  &c.) 
iTT  is  the  Lord  our  faviour's  hand 

J_  Weakens  our  ftrength  amidft  the  race 
Difeale  and  death  at  his  command 
Arrefts  us,  and  cut  fhort  our  days  ; 
1  Spare  us,  O  Lord,  aloud  we  pray 
Nor  let  our  fun  go  down  at  noon  : 
Thy  years  are  one  eternal  day  ; 
And  muft  thy  children  die  fo  io  on  i 

H  5  3  Ye« 


394  HYM  N     Ixxxiv. 

3  Yet  in  the  midft  of  death  and  grief 
This  thought  our  forrow  fhall  afiwage 
"   Our  father  and  our  faviour  live  : 
"  Cbrijl  is  the  lame    thro'  every  age. 

4  'Twas  he  this  earth's  foundation  laid  ; 
Heav'n  is  the  building  of  his  hand  ; 

This  earth  grows  old  thefe  heav'ns  fhall  fade 
'    And  all  be  chang'd  at  his  command. 

5  The  ftarry  curtains  of  the  iky 
Like  garment  fhall  be  laid  afide  ; 

i     But  ftijl  thy  throne  ftands  firm  and  high  j 
Thj  church  for  ever  muft  abide. 

6  Before  thy  face  thy  church  fhall  live, 
3     And  on  thy  throne  thy  children  reign  ;, 

This  dying  world  fhall  they  fu    iViV 
I     And  the  dead  faints  be  rais'd  again. 

J  H  T  M  N    LXXX1V. 

t  Hcb.  i.  6.  Tfal.  97.  6-9.) 

1  "T^HeLorcliscpme  ;  the  heav'ns  proclaim, 
JL    His  birth  ;  the  nations  learn  his  name 

An  unknown  ftar  directs  the  road 
OtEaftern  fa°fes  to  their  God. 

2  AH  ye  bright  armies  of  the  Skies, 
Go,  worlhip  where  the  Saviour  lies  : 
Angels  and  kings  before  him  bow, 

fe  Godfs  on  high  and  gods  below. 

3  Let 


HYMN     lxxxv.  395 

3Let  Idols  totter  to  the  ground, 

And  their  own  worihippers  contound  : 

But  Judah  fliout  but  Zton  ling, 

And  earth  confers  her  fov'reign  king. 

H  T  M  N  LXXXV. 
(Rmu  15-  3-    JoL   x5'  25.  Ch,  £.  17.. 

The  Sufferings  of  Chi  Pi. 

2  Cor.  6.  2.  P/*/.  69.  i.—  M-O 
!  £i  Ave  me,  O  God,  the  fwelling  floods, 

■^     «  break  in  upon  my  foul  : 
"  1  fmk  5  and  forrows  o'er  my  head 
"  like  mighty  waters  roll. 

2  "  I  cry  till  all  my  voice  be  gone, 

"  in  tears  I  walie  the  day  ; 
«  My  God,  behold  my  longing  eyes, 
"  and  ihorten  thy  delay. 

3  "  They  hate  my  foul  without  a  caufe, 
"  and  ftill  their  numbers  grows 

"  More  than  the  hairs  around  my  head, 
"  and  mighty  are  my  foes, 

4  «  'Twas  then  I  paid  that  dreadful  debt 

"  that  men  could  never  pay  : 
"  And  gave  thole  honours  to  thy  law, 
"  which  finners  took  away. 

5  Thus  in  the  great  Mejlak's  name, 
the  royal  prophet  mourns  y 

Thus 


396  HYMN    Ixxxv. 

Thus  he  awakes  our  hearts  to  grief, 

and  gives  us  joy  by  turns. 
6  "  Now  mall  the  faints  rejoice  and  find 

"  Salvation  in  thy  name  : 
"  For  I  have  born  their  heavy  load 

"  of  forrow,  pain,  and  fhame. 

7"  Grief  like  a  garment  cloath'd  me  round 

"  and  fackcloth  was  my  drefs, 
"  While  I  procur'd  for  naked  fouls, 

"  a  robe  of  riHiteoufnefs. 

o 

8  "  Amongit  my  brethren  and  the  Jtws 

"  I  like  a  ftranger  flood, 
<c  And  bore  their  viie  reproach,  to  brin?* 

"  the  GenUl&s  near. to  God. 

9  C4  I  came  in- fin  ail  mortals  Head 

"  to  no  my  father's  will  : 
es  Yet  when  I  cleans  d  my  father's  houfe, 

ct  they  fcandaliz'd  my  zeal. 
jo  ci  My  fafting  and  my  holy  groans 

ci  were  made  the  drunkard's  long  ; 
"  But  God  from  his  celeftial  throne 

"  heard  my  complaining  tongue. 

1 1  "  He  fav'd  me  from  the    dreadful  deep; 
c:  nor  let  my  foul  be  drown'd  ; 

"  He  rais'd  and  fix'd  my  finking  feet, 
"  on  weli-eftabli'h'd  ground. 

12  "  'Twas  in  a  moft  accepted  hour 
"  my  pray'r  aroie  on  high 
And  for  my  fake  my  God  mall  hear 

'■  the  dying  hnner's  cry.  "      H  T  M  N 


<.( 


HYMN     lxxxvi.  39?- 

H  T  M  N    LXXXVI. 

Vajjian  and  Ex-alt at bn  of  Chrift. 

Mark.  15.  22,  23  24.    PfaL  69.  14,  &c. 

ilk  TOW  let  our  lips  with  holy  fear 

JL^J      and:  mournful  pleafure  ling 
The  fufPrings  of  our  great  High-prienV 
the  forrows  of  our  king. 

2  He  finks  in  floods  of  deep  diftrefs  ; 
how  high  the  waters  rife  ; 

While  to  his  heav'nly  father's  ear 
he  fends  perpetual  cries. 

3  "  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  and  fave  thy  fon5 

"  nor  hide  thy  mining  face  ; 
"  Why  mould  thy  fav?rite  look  like  one 
" -forfaken  of  thy  grace  ? 

4  "  With  rage  they  perfe.cnte  the  mam 
"  that  groans  beneath  thy  wuund, 

"  While  for  a  facrifice  1  pour 
"•my  life  upon  the.  ground. 

5  "  They  tread  my  honour  to  the  dufV9 
"  and  laugh  when  1  complain  ; 

"  Their  fharp  in-fulting  flanders  add 
"  frefh  anguilh  to  my  pain. 

6  "  All  my  reproach  is  known  to  thee, 
"  the  fcandal  and  the  mame  ; 

"  Reproach  has  broke  my  bleeding   hearty 
"  and  lies  deiU'd  my  name ! 

7.  "  * 


;  393  HYMN    Ixxxvii. 

r.y  "  I  lookt;  for  pity,  but  in  vain  ; 

"  my  kindred  are  my  grief  ; 
<C*I  a(k my  friends  for  comfort  round, 

"  but  meet  with  no  relief. 

8  "  With  vinegar  they  mock  my  thirft, 
'-  they  give  me  gall  for  food  ; 

"  And  [porting  with  my  dying  groans, 
Ci   they  triumph  in  my  blood. 

9  Ci  Shine  into  my  diiirelled  foul, 
"  let  thy  compaflion  fave  ; 

&nd  tho'  my  ftelli  link  down  to  death, 
"  redeem  it  from  the  grave. 

io  "  1  mall  arife  to  praife  thy  name, 
Ci  mail  reign  in  worlds  unknown  ; 
!   "   And  thyiaivation,  O  my  God, 
"  fliall  feat  me  on  thy  throne. 

II  T  M  N    IXXXVIL 

Chrifi's  Obedience  and  Dtath 

(Rom.    ii,    ii,   1 6.  Heb.  12.   2,  &c   13.    13. 

PfaL    69.    29.   &c) 

iT^A^HER,  I  fing  thy  wond'rous  grace 
Jt_        I  blefs  my  favionr's  name  ; 
He  bought  fahation  for  the  poor, 

and  bore  the  finner's  mame. 
2  His  deep  diftrefs  has  rais'd  us  high, 

his  du'~y  ana  his  zeal, 
FulnTd  the  law  which  mortals  broke, 
and  fiaifli'd  all  thy  will. 

1  His 


H  Y  M  N     lxxxviiL  399! 

3  His  dying  groans  his  living  fongs, 
{hail  better  pleafe  my  God, 

Than  harp  or  trumpets  fbkrrm  founds 
than  goats  or  bullocks  blood. 

4  This  mall  his  humble  followers  fee, 
and  fet  their  hearts  at  reft  ; 

They  by  his  death  draw  near  to  thee, 
and  live  forever  bleft. 

5  Let  Heav'n  and  all  that  dwell  on  high 
to  God  their  voices  raiie, 

While  lands  and  feas  affift  the  fky, 
and  join  to'  advance  the  praife- 

6  Zion  is  thine,  molt  holy  God, 
thy  Son  {hall  blefs  her  gates  ; 

And  glory  purchas'd  by  his  blood 
for  thy  own  Ifrei  waits 

H  T  M  N    LXXXVIIL 

Heb.    10.   4,  &c,  Pfal  40.   6,-9 

THus  faith  the  Lord,  uy our  work  is  vahj 
w   give  your  burnt  oft 'rings  o'er, 
<c  In  dying  goats  and  bullocks  ilain 

"  my  foul  delights  no  more. 
1  Then  fpake  thelSaviour,  C£lo  I'm  here, 

cc  my  God5  to  do  thy  will  : 
"  What-e'er  thy  facred  books  declare 
"  thy  fervantihallfuHl 

3  u  The  law  is  ever  in  my  fight, 
£C  I  keep  it  in  my  heart : 

"  Mid 


y>e  HYMN     lxxxix. 


i 


c  Mine  eyes  are  open'd  with  delight 
"  to  what  thy  lips  impart. 

c 

4.  "  And  fee,  the  bled  redeemer  comes, 

th'  eternal  Son  appear, 
£And  at  th'  appointed  time  affumes 

the  body  God  prepares. 
'5  Much  he  reveal* d  his  Father's  grace,, 

and  much  his  truth  he  fhew'd  ; 
•And  prcacht  the  way  of  righteoufnefs 

where  great  affemblies  flood. 

6  His  Father's  honour  touch t  his  heart- 
he  pity'd  finners  cries, 

And  to  fulfil  a  Saviour's  part 
was  made  a  facrifice. 

7  No  blood  of  beaiis  on  altars  fhed 
could  walh  the  conference  clean  : 

But  the  rich  Sacrifice  he  paid 
atones  for  all  our  Sin. 

8  Then  was  the  great  falvatipp  fpread, 
and  Satan's  kingdom  fhook, 

Thus  by  the  woman's  promis'd  feed 
the  ferpent's  head  was  bioke. 
H  T.M  N    LXXX1X. 

Death  &  Refurreciicn  c/ChriJfi 

(Ac7.2.i5,&c.Ch.  13.-35,  36.IJ&A  i6,8,6v.. 
Set  the  Lord  before  my  face, 
"  he  bears  my  courage  up  ; 

;  «  My 


H  Y  M  N     xc.  401' 

"  My  heart  and  tongue  their  joy    exprefs, 
"  my  Flefh  fhall  reft  in  hope. 

2  "  My  fpfrit,    Lord,  thou   wilt  not  leave, 
"  where  fouls  departed  are 

Not  quit  my  body  to  the  grave 
"  to  fee  corruption  there. 

3  "  Thou  wilt  reveal  the  path  of  life 
"  and  raife  me  to  thy  throne  : 

"  Thy  courts  immortal  pleafure  give, 
"  thy  prefence  joys  unknown. 

4  Thu,  in  the  name  of  Cbrift,  the  Lord, 
the  holy  David  fung, 

And  providence  fulfils  the  word 
of  his  prophecick  tongue. 

5  Jefus,  whom  ev'ry  faint  adores^ 
was  crucify' d  and  flam  ; 

Behold,  the  tomb  its  prey  reftores j . 
Behold,  he  lives  again. 

6  When  fhall  my  feet  arife  and  ftandi 
.  an  heav'ns  eternal  hills  ? 

There  fits  the  Son  at  God's  i  ight-hand3 
and  there  the  Father  fmijes, 

H  T  M  N    XG 
(Luke.  24.   51.  52,  Act.    1.   9.  P/a!y  37,) 

Chrifi  Afcending  and  Reigning. 

*rfr\  For  a  ihout  of  facredjoy 

VJP     to  God  the  fov'reigjQ  king  ! 
Let  ev'ry  land  their  tongues   employ, 
and  hymns  of  triumph,  fing. 

Jefusy, 


*"40  2  HYMN     xci. 

(c  2  Jefus,  our  God  afcends  on  high  ; 
his  heav'nly  guards  around 
a  Attend  liim  riling  through  the  iky, 
|      with  trumpets  joyful  found. 
ft  3  While  angels  (hout  and  praife  their  king, 

let  mortals  learri  their  (trains  ; 
-  Let  all  the  earth  his  honours  fmg  ; 
o'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns. 

£  4  Rehearfe  his  praife  with  awe  profound* 

let  knowledge  lead  the  fong  ; 
5  Nor  mock  him  with  a  folemn  found 

upon  a  thoughtlefs  tongue. 
j«   5  In  Ifr'et  ftood  his  antient  throne, 

he  lov'd  that  cliofen  iace  ; 
J  But  now  he  calls  the  world  his  own, 

and  heathens  tafte  his  grace. 

i   6  The  Britijh  kingdoms  are  the  Lord's, 
there  Abr>am>s  God  is  known  ; 

:    While  pow'rs  and  princes,  fhields  andfword 
fubmit  before  his  throne. 

H  2   M  N    XCI. 

Chrift'z  Afcenjkn  and  the  gift  of  ihe  rpirit. 

{Eph.  4,  8.  Heb.  12.  f8,  &c.  Ads  2.  33. 
Ffal,  68.   17,   18 .) 

1  "|"     ORD,when  thou  didft  afcend  on  high 

Li   j   Ten  thoufand  angels  nll'd  the  iky  -y 
Thole  heav'nly  guards  around  thee  wait, 
like  ch  ariot's  that  attend  thy  ft  ate. 

2  Not 


HYMN     xcii.  403^ 

2  Not  Sinai's  mountain    could  appear 
More  glorious  when  the  Lord  was  there  ; 
While  he  pronounc'd  his  dreadful  law. 
And  ftriick  the  chofen  tribes  with  awe. 

3  How  bright  the  triumph  none  can  tell, 
When  the  rebellious  pow'rs  of  hell, 
That  thoufand  fouls  had  captive  made. 
Were  all  in  chains  like  captives  led. 

4  Rais'd  by  his  father  to  the  throne, 
He  lent  his  promised  fpirit    down 
With  gifts  ana  grace  for  rebel  men, 
That  God  might  dwell  on  earth  a^ain. 

H  T  MN    XCII.      ° 

Glory  of  Qui  ft. 

(Luk.  4.  22.  Heb.    1.  3,  9.  Chap  4.  12. 
1.  Pet  2..  9.   Job.   3.    34.   Bfal,  45.) 

'Y  faviour  and  my  king, 
'ji_   thy  beauties  are  divine  $ 
by  lips  with  bleinngs  overflow, 
-  and  ey'ry  grace  is  thine. 

2  Now  make  thy  glory  known, 
gird  on  thy  dreadful  fword, 

And  ride  in  majeiiy  to  fpread 
the  conquefts  of  thy  word. 

3  Strike  thro'  thy  ftubborn  foes 
or  melt  their  hearts  tVoey, 

While  juftice,  meeknefs,  grace  and  truth, 
attend  thy  glorious  way. 

4  Thy 


4  4°4  HYMN     xcii 

4  Thy  law::,  O  God,  are  right  ; 
thy  throne  fliall  ever  Hand  ; 

I  J  And  thy  victorious  G-ofpel  proves 
a  fceptre  in  thy  hand. 

5  Thy  father  and  thy  God, 
hath  without  meaiiire  ihtd 

His  fphit  like  a  joyful  oil 
t  anoint  thy  facred  head. 

6  Behold,  at  thy  right-hand 
the  Gentile  church  is  feen, 

Like  a  fair  bride  in  rich  attire  ; 
and  princes  guard  the  Queen. 

7  Fair  bride,  receive  his  love, 
forget  thy  father's  houfe  ; 

Forfake  thy  Gods,  thy  Idol- Gods, 
and  pay  thy  Lord  thy  vows. 

8  O  let  my  God  and  king 
thy  fweet.eft  thoughts  employ  ; 

Thy  children  fhail  his  honour  ling 
in  palaces  of  joy. 

H  T  M  N    XCUI 

Hofanna  to  the  Lord's  Day 

{Math.  n.  9,  42,  i  Pet.  2.  4,  Sec.  Jj.b.  12, 
(13   Pjal.    1 1 8.   22,  &c.) 

1  QEK  what  a  living  ftone 

j^  the  builders  did  refuie, 
Yet  God  hath  built  his  church  thereon 

in  ipite  o?  envious  Jews.  2  The 


HYMN     xciv.  405 

&  The  fcribe  and  angry  prieft 

reject  thine  only  Son  ; 
Yet  on  this  rock  mall  Zioh  reft, 

as  the  chief -corner-ftone. 

3  The  work,  O  Lord,  is  thine, 
and  wondrous  in  our  eyes  : 

This  day  declares  it  all  divine, 
this  day  did  Jefus  rife. 

4  This  is  the  glorious  day 
that  our  redeemer  made  ; 

.Let  us  rejoice  and  fmg  and  pray, 
let  all  the  church  be  glad. 

5  Hofanma  to  the  king 

of  David's  royal  blood  ; 
.Blefs  him,  ye  faints ;  he  comes  to  bring 
lalvation  from  your  God. 

6  We  blefs  thine  holy  word, 
which  all  .this  grace  difplays  ; 

And  .offer  on  thine  altar,  Lord, 
our  facrifice  of  ^raiie. 

H  T  M  N    XCIV. 

Car i it    our  Strength  and  Rigkteouf ' nefs , 

ilfa.  45.  21.  6y.  Rom.  3.   21,  7.  Pfal.  yu 

15.  &c) 
.4  m   M  Y  Saviour,  my  almighty  friend, 

J  t  J      wten  I  begin  thy  praife, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end, 

the  numbers  of  thy j*r ace  ? 
2  Thou  art  my  everlailing  truth 
ihy  goodneis  I  adore  \  An4 


4o6  HYMN     xcv. 

And  fince  I  knew  thy  graces  firft 
I  fpeak  thy  glories  more. 

3  My  feet  mall  travel  all  the  length 
of  the  celeftial  road, 

And  march  with  courage  in  thy  ftrength 
to  fee  my  father- God. 

4  When  I  am  fill'd  with  fore  diftrefs 
for  fome  furprizing  fin, 

I'll  plead  thy  prefect  righteoumefs, 
and  mention  none  but  thine. 

5  How  will  my  lips  rejoice  to  tell 
the  victories  of  my  king  I 

My  foul  redeem' d  from  fin  and  hell 
mall  thy  falvation  ling. 

6  My  tongue  fhall  all  the  day  proclaim 
my  Saviour  and  my  God, 

His  death  has  brought  my  foes  to  fhame, 
and  drown'd  them  in  his  blood. 

7  Awake,  awake,  my  tuneful  pow'rs  ; 
with  this  delightiul  fong 

I'll  entertain  the  darkeft  hours, 
nor  think  the  feafon  long, 

H  T  M  N  XCV. 

Warning  to  delaying  firmer s. 

(i  Cor.  io,    9-  Heb.    3.    7,   &c.    PfaJ.   95. 
i^^lOME,  let  our  voices  join  to  raife 
%^ji   A  facred  fong  of  folemn  praife  : 

God 


HYMN     xcv.  407 

Cod  is  a  fov' reign  king  ;  rehearfe 
His  honours  in  exalted  verfe. 

2  Come,  let  our  fouls  addrefs  the  Lord, 
Who  fram'd  our  natures  with  his  word  : 
He  is  our   fhepherd  !  we  the  fheep 

His  mercy  chofe,  his  paflures  keep. 

3  Come,  let  us  here  his  voice  to  day, 
The  counfels  of  his  love  obey, 

Nor  let  our  hardened  hearts  renew, 
The  iins  and  plagues  that  Ifr*el  knew. 

4  IjVel  that  faw  his  works  of  grace, 
Yet  tempt  their  maker  to  his  face  \ 
A  faithlefs  unbelieving  brood, 

That  tir'd  the  patience  of  their  God, 

5  Thus  faith  the  Lord,"  Howfalfe  i hey  prove  ? 
<«   Forget  mypozvr  ;  abufe  my  love  ; 

<i  Since  they  defplfe  my  re/i9  I fwear9 
*•'  Their  feet Jhall  never  enter  there. 

6  Look  back,  my  foul,  with  holy  dread, 
And  view  thofe  antient  rebels  dead, 
Attend  the  offer'd  grace  to  day, 

Nor  loofe  the  bleffings  by  delay, 

7  Seize  the  kind  promife  while  it  waits, 
Ana  march  to  Zions  heav'nly  gates  ; 
Believe/and  take  the  promis'd  reft  ; 
Obey,  and  be  forever  bleft. 

H  T  M  N 


4o8  HYMN     xcvL 

H  T  M  N  XCVI. 

Chrift's   Kingdom  Among  Ge?itiles, 

(Luk.  i.  32,  33. Job.  1.  49-  Sl*Pfi*I-72  B,.&c, 
i|£5(75  fhal)  reign  where'er  the  fun 
Jj    Does  his  fuccellive  journey^  s  run  ; 
His  kingdom  ftretch  from  more  to  iliore, 
Till  moon's  (hall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  Behold  the  Id ands  with  their  kings, 
And  Europe  her  bell  tribute  brings  ; 
From  North  to  South  the  princes  meet 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet. 

3  There  Petjia  glorious  to  behold, 
There  India  mines  in  Eajlern  Gold  ; 
And  barb'rous  nations  at  his  word 
Submit,  and  bow,  and  own  their  Lord, 

4  For  him  mall  endlefs  pray'r  be  made, 
And  praifes  throng  to  crown  his  h  :ad  ; 
His  name  like  f-veet  perfume  fhall  rife 
With  every  rnorning-facrifice. 

5  People  and  realms  of  ev'ry  tongue 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  fweeteft  fong  ; 
And  Infant-voices  fhall  proclaim 
Their  early  bleflings  on  his  name. 

6  Bleflings  abound  where'er  he  reigns. 
The  prifoner  leaps  to  loofe  his  chains  ; 
The  weary  find  eternal  reft, 

And  all  the  fons  of  want  are  bleft. 

.7  Where 


HYMN    xcvii. 

439 

W^J^1^8  h«  healing  power 
Jeath  and  the  curfeare  fainv™  „  ' 

nhim  the  tribes  of  jl7Zl*°  ^  ' 
tore  bleihngs  than  thdr  ^ 

>  Let j  every  creature  rife  and  feS 
Pecuhar  honours  to  our  kin?  •     * 

^ngelsdefcendwithfongsalain 
find  earth  repeat  the  long  Si 

HTMN      XCVII. 

A  Church .eftablijh'd. 

NO  Sleep  nor  Slumber  to  his  eyes 
good  David  would  afford, 
Iill  he  had  found  below  the  Ikies 

a  dwelling  for  the  Lord. 
g  The  Lord  in  Zion  plac'd  his  name, 

his  ark  was  fettled  there  : 
To  Zion  the  whole  nation  came, 
to  worfhip  thrice  a  year. 

\  But  we  have  no  fuch  lengths  to  e<x 

nor  wander  far  abroad  j  ' 

Where-e'er  thy  faints  aiTemhle  now 

there  is  a  houfe  for  God. 
%  A  rife,  O  king  of  grace,  arife, 

and  enter  to  thy  reft, 
ko  !  thy  church  waits  with  longing  eves 

thus  to  be  own'd  and  bleft. 

s  5  Enter 


Zfi-o  H  Y  M  N     xcviii. 

5  Enter  with  all  thy  glorious  train, 
thy  fpirit  and  thy  word  ; 

All  that  the  ark  did  once  contain 
could  no  fuch. grace  afford. 

6  Here,  mighty  God,  accept  our  vows. 

here  iet  thy  praife  be  fpread  ; 

Slefs  the  provifions  of  thy  houfe, 

and  fill  thy  poor  with*  bread. 

j  Here  let  the  Son  of  David  reign, 

let  God's  anointed  ffiine  ; 
Juftice  and  truth  his  court  maintain., 

with  love  and  pow'r  divine. 
8  Here  let  him  hold  a  lafting  throne, 

and  as  his  kingdom  grows, 
Frefh  honours  mall  adorn  his  crown, 

and  Shame  confound  his  foes. 

H  T  M  N    XCVUL 

dhrlft  coming  to  Judgment, 

(Eph.  5  io5  2o,  2  The/,  i.  7.  Pfal.  97.  5.  ) 

iflE  reigns ;  the  Lord  the  Saviour  reigns 

J|  j[   Praife  him  in  evangelic  ftrains  : 
Let  the  whole  earth  in  fongs  rejoice, 
And  diflant  Iflands  join  their  voice. 
2  Deep  are  his  counfels  and  unknown  ; 
But  grace  and  truth  fupport  his  throne  ; 
Tho*  gloomy  clouds  his  way  furround, 
]  uftice  is  their  eternal  ground. 

<-3  ] 


■ 


HYMN     xcix..  4?rs 

3  In  robes  of  Judgment,  lo  he  comes 
Shakes  the  wide  earth,and  cleaves  the  tombs 
Before  him  burns  devouring  Fire, 

The  mountains  melt,  the  Seas  retire, 

4  His  enemies  with  fere  difmay, 

Fly  from  the  fight,  and  ffiun  the  day  ; 
Then  lift  your  heads,  ye  faints,  on  high? 
And  ling,  for  your  redemption's  nigh.. 

HTM  N    XCIX, 

(Pfal.  9,  io.) 

Ing  to  the  Lord,  who  loud  proclaims 
Hi's  various,  and  his  faving  names ;. 
O  may  they  not  be  heard  alone. 
But  by  our  fure  experience  known  ! 

2  The  great  Jehovah  be  ador'd, 
Th'  eternal,  All-fufficient  Lord, 

He  thro'  the  world  moil  high  canfefsM, 
By  whom  'twas  form'd,  and  is  poffefs'cL. 

3  Awake,  our  nobleft  powers,  to  blefs 
The  God  of '  Abr'am9  God  of  peace  j 
Now  by  a  dearer  title  know, 
Father  and  God  of  Chrift  his  Son. 

4  Thro'  ev'ry  age  his  gracious  ear 
Is  opea  jto  his  fervants  prayer  ; 
Nor  can  one  humble  foul  complain, 
That  he  hath  fought  his  God  in  vain, 

5  %  5  What 


* 


4M  HYMN     c. 

5  What  unbelieving  heart  fhall  dare 

While  fhll  he  owns  his  antient  name  ? 
The  xame  his  pow'r  his  love  the  fame  ! 

6  I  o  thee  our  fouls  in  faith  arife, 
lo  thee  we  lift  expecW  eves  • 

And  boldly  thro*  the  deff/tread  : 

For  God  will  gllard?  where  God  ^  leacL 

H  T  M  N    c. 

(  m  35-  3,  ) 
i  QALVx\TION  i  O  melodious  Sound 

|J3  to  wretched  dying  men  ! 
Salvation,  that  from  God  proceeds, 
and  leads  to  God  again  ! 

2  Refcu'd  from  hell's  eternal  gloom, 
from  Fiends  and  Fires  and  chains  ;. 

Rais'd  to  a  paradife  of  blifs, 
where  love,  with  glory  reigns ! 

3  But  O  !  may  a  degen'rate  foul, 
finful  and  weak  as  mine, 

Prefume  to  raife  a  trembling  eye 
to  bleffings  fo  divine  ? 

4  The  luftre  of  fo  bright  a  fcene 
my  feeble  heart  o'erbears  ; 

And  unbelief  almoft  perverts 
the  promife  into  tears. 

5  My  Saviour- God,  no  voice  but  thine 
thefe  dying  hopes  can  raife  \ 

Speak 


H  Y  M  N    ci. 

Speak  thy  falvation  to  my  foul, 
and  turn  its  tears  to  praife. 

6  My  Saviour-GOD  this  broken  voice- 
transported  mall  proclaim. 

And  call  on  all  th"  angelic  harps 
to  found  fo  fweet  a  name, 

H  T  M  N    CI. 

I? fat:  45-  3»40        . 
i~W     OUD  to  the  prince  of  heaven 

I   j     Your  chearful  voices  raife  L 
To  him  your  vows  be  giv'n. 
And  fill  his  courts  with  praife,, 

With  confcious  worth 

All  clad  in  arms, 

All  bright  in  charms, 

He  fallies  forth; 

2  Gird  on  thy  conquering  fword3 
Afcend  thy  mining  car 

And  march,  Almighty  Lord, 
To  wage  thy  holy  war. 

Before  his  wheels 

In  glad  fiirprife, 

Ye  vallies  rife, 

And  fink,  ye  hills. 

3  Fair  truth,  and  mailing  love, 
And  injur'd  righteoufnefs 

s5 


Trt 


414  H  Y  M  N     cil. 

In  thy  retinue  move, 

And  leek  from  thee  redrefs : 

Thou  in  their  caufe 

Shalt  profp'rous  ride, 

And  far  and  wide 

Difpenie  thy  laws. 

4  Before  thine  awful  face 
Millions  of  foes  fhall  fall, 
The  captives  of  thy  grace, 
That  grace,  which  conquers  alL 

The  world  fhall  know, 
Great  king  of  kings, 
What  wond*rous  things 
Thine  arm  cai  do. 

5  Here  to  my  willing  foul 
Bend  thy  triumphant  ways  ; 
Here  ev'ry  foe  controul, 
And  all  thy  pow'r  difplay. 

My  heart  thy  throne, 
Blefl  Jefus  fee, 
Bows  low  to  thee, 
To  thee  alone. 

HYMN     CII. 


Y 


(P/al.  107.  31.) 
7  £  Sons  of  men  with  joy  record 


The  various  wonders  of  the  Lord 

And 


H  Y  M  N     ciii.  41 

And  let  his  pow^r  and  goodnefs  found 
Thro*  all  your  tribes  the  world  around. 
1  Let  the  high  heav'n  your  fongs  invite, 
Thofe  fpacious  fields  of  brilliant  light  ; 
Where  fun  and  moon,  and  planets  roll, 
And  ftars,  that  glow  from  pole  to  pole. 

3  Sing,  earth,  in  verdant  robes  array 'd, 

Its  herbs  and  flowers,  its  fruit  and  fhade  y 

People  with  life  of  various  forms, 

Fiihes  and  fowles,  and  beafls   and  worms. 

4  View  the  broad  lea's  majeflick  plains, 
And  think  how  wide  it's  maker  reigns  -y 
That  band  remoteft  nations  joins, 
And  on  each  wave  his  goodnefs  ihines* 

5  But,  O  that  brighter  world  above, 
Where  lives  and  reigns  incarnate  love  1 
God's  only  Son  in  flefh  array'd, 
For  man  a  bleeding  victim  made* 

6  Thither,  my  foul,  with  rapture  fo-ar  : 
There  in  the  land  of  praife  adore  : 
This  theme  demands  an  angel's  tongue^ 
Demands  a  never-ending  Song. 

Hl.MN    CIIL 

(Pfal  119.  9.) 

iTNdulgent  God,  with  pitying  eyes 
J[     the  fons  of  men  furvey? 


4i6  HYMN     ciii. 

And  fee  how  youthful  finners  fport 
in  a  deftruc~tive  way. 

2  Ten  thoufand  dangers  lurk  around 
to  bear  them  to  the  tomb  ';   - 

Each  in  an  hour  may  plunge  them  down, 
where  hope  can  never  come. 

3  Reduce,  O  Lord,  their  wand'ring  minds 
amus'd  with  airy  dreams, 

That  heav'nly  wifdom  may  difpel 
their  viiionary  Schemes. 

4  With  holy  "caution  may  they  walk, 

and  be  thy  word  their  guide  ; 
Till  each  the  defart  fafely  pafs'd, 
on  Z ion's  hill  abide. 


FINIS. 


HYMNS 


PUBLIC    WORSHIP, 


PART  II. 


■50R    THE    USE    OF    THE    CHURCH    IN    BRATTLE    STREE' 


BOSTON : 
PUBLISHED  BY  ANDREWS  AND  CUMMINGi 

GREENOUGH  AND   SIEBBINS,   PRINTERS. 
180S. 


METRES. 

L.  M.  -----  -  Long  Metre. 

CM. Common  Metre. 

S.  M.  - Short  Metre. 

61.  L.  M. Six  line  Long  Metre, 

7s.  M. Sevens  Metre. 

8  Isf  7s.  - Eight  and  Sevens  Metre. 

886  M. Eight  and  Six  Metre. 

6  6  8  M.    -  -  -  -  Six  and  Eight  Metre. 

10s.  M. Ten  fyliable  Metre. 

10  fcf  lis.  M.  -  -  Ten  and  Eleven  fyll.  Metre. 

6  6  10  M. Six  and  Ten  fyll.  Metre. 

H.  M. Hallelujah  Metre. 

P.  M. Particular  Metre. 


H  Y  M  N  S. 


§  1.     for  the  introduction  and  close  of 
public  worship. 

Hymn   1.      l.  m. 
The  eternal  fabbath, 

2   GOD  of  the  fabbath  !  hear  our  vows, 
On  this  thy  day,  in  this  thine  houfe  j 
And  own,  as  grateful  facrifice, 
The  fongs,  which  in  thy  temple  rife. 

2  Thine  earthly  fabbaths,  Lord,  we  love  ; 
But  there's  a  nobler  reft  above  ; 

To  that  our  longing  fouls  afpire, 
With  cheerful  hope,  and  ftrong  defire. 

3  No  more  fatigue,  no  more  difirefs, 
Nor  fin  nor  death  fhall  reach  the  place  ; 
No  groans  (hall  mingle  with  the  fongs, 
Which  dwell  upon  immortal  tongues. 

4  No  rude  alarms  of  angry  foes ; 

No  cares  to  break  the  long  repofe  ; 
No  midnight  (hade,  no  clouded  fun, 
But  facred,  high,  eternal  noon. 

5  O  long  expected  day,  begin  ; 

Dawn  on  thefe  realms  of  pain  and  fin  ; 
With  joy  we'll  tread  th'  appointed  road, 
And  fleep  in  death  to  reil  with  God. 


4'  HYMNS,  3.  [part  ii, 

Hymn   2.      cm. 
The  Lord's  day  morning. 

1  AGAIN  the  Lord  of  life  and  light 

Awakes  the  kindling  ray  ; 

Unfeals  the  eyelids  of  the  morn, 

And  pours  increafmg  day. 

2  O  what  a  night  was  that  which  wrapt 

The  heathen  world  in  gloom  ! 

O  what  a  fun  which  broke  this  day, 

Triumphant  from  the  tomb  ! 

3  This  day  be  grateful  homage  paid, 

And  loud  hofarmas  fung  ; 
Let  gladnefs  dwell  in  ev'ry  heart,. 
And  praife  on  ev'ry  tongue. 

4  Ten  thoufand  difl'ring  lips  mail  join 

To  hail  thi&  welcome  morn  ; 
Which  fcatters  bleflings  from  its  wings 
To  nations  yet  unborn. 

.>  Jefus,  the  friend  of  human  kind.      « 
Was  crucified  and  flain  ! 
Behold,  the  tomb  its  prey  reftores  ! 
Behold  he  lives  again  ! 

6  And  while  his  conqu'ring  chariot  wheels 
Afcend  the  lofty  flues, 
Broken  beneath  his  powerful  crofs, 
Death's  iron  fceptre  lies.. 


Hymn   3.     l.  m. 
The  facrifice  of  the  heart. 
WHEN,  as  returns  this  folemn  day, 
Man  comes  to  meet  his  maker,  God;, 


sfct.  i.]  HYMN  4,  5. 

What  rights,  what  honours  mail  he  pay  ? 
How  fpread  his  fov'reign's  praife  abroad  ? 

2  From  marble  domes  and  gilded  fpires 
Shall  curling  clouds  of  incenfe  rife  ? 
And  gems,  and  gold,  and  garlands  deck 
The  coftly  pomp  of  facrifice  ? 

3  Vain,  fmful  man  !  creation's  lord, 
Thy  golden  ofPrings  well  may  fpare  : 
But  give  thy  heart,  and  thou  malt  find, 
Here  dwells  a  God  who  heareth  oraver. 


Hymn  4.     c.   m. 
The  fabbath  of  the  foul. 

i   SLEEP,  fleep  to-day,  tormenting  cares, 
Of  earth  and  folly  born  ! 
Ye  (hall  not  dim  the  light  that  ftreams 
From  this  celeflial  morn. 

2  To-morrow  will  be  time  enough 

To  feel  your  harm  control ; 
Ye  (hall  not  violate,  this  day, 
The  fabbath  of  the  foul. 

3  Sleep,  -fleep  for  ever,  guilty  thoughts  i 

Let  fires  of  vengeance  die  ; 
And,  purg'd  from  fin,  may  we  behold 
A  God  of  purity  ! 


Hymn  5.     l.   m. 
The  houfe  of  God. 

1   LO,  God  is  here  !  let  us  adore, 
And  humbly  bow  before  his  face  : 
A2 


6  HYMN  6,  7.  [part  n. 

Let  all  within  us. feel  his  pow'r, 
Let  all  within  us  feek  his  grace. 

2  Lo,  God  is  here  !  him  day  and  night 
Th'  united  choirs  of  angels  fing  : 
To  him,  enthron'd  above  all  height, 
HeavVs  hoft  their  nobleft  praifes  bring, 

3  Being  of  beings  !  may  our  praife 
Thy  courts  with  grateful  fragrance  fill  : 
Still  may  wre  (land  before  thy  face, 
Still  hear  and  do  thy  fov'reign  will. 


Hymn   6.     l.   m. 

A  hymn  of  praife. 

1    BEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne 
Ye  nations  bow  with  facred  joy  : 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone  j 
He  can  create,  and  he  deflroy. 

,2  His  pow'rful  word,  which  all  things  made, 
Gave  life  to  clay,  and  form'd  us  men  : 
And  when  like  wand'ring  fheep  we  ftray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3  We  are  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  fouls  and  all  our  mortal  frame  : 
What  lafting  honours  can  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker,  to  thy  name  ? 

4  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  fongs ; 
High  as  the  heav'ns  our  voices  raife  ; 

And  earth,  with  her  ten  thoufand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  founding  praife. 

5  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command  ; 
Vaft  as  eternity  thy  love  ; 


sect.' i.]  HYMN  7,  .8. 

Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  will  ftand, 
When  rolling  years  mall  ceafe  to  move. 


Hymn  %    *«•   m. 
Veni  Creator. 

1  OH  !  fource  of  uncreated  light  ! 

By  whom  the  worlds  were  rais'd  from  night 
Come,  vifit  ev'ry  pious  mind  ; 
Come,  pour  thy  joys  on  human  kind. 

2  Plenteous  in  grace,  defcend  from  high. 
Rich  in  thy  matchlefs  energy  : 

From  fin  and  forrow  fet  us  free, 
And  make  us  temples  worthy  thee. 

3  Cleanfe  and  refine  our  earthly  parts  r 
Inflame  and  fandtify  our  hearts, 
Our  frailties  help,  our  vice  control, 
Submit  the  fenfes  to  the  foul. 

4  Thrice  holy  fount  !  thrice  holy  fire  ! 
Our  hearts,  with  heavenly  love  infpire  % 
Make  us  eternal  truths  receive, 

Aid  us  to  live  as  we  believe. 

a  Chafe  from  our  path  each  noxious  foe, 
And  peace,  the  fruit  of  love,  bellow  : 
And,  left  our  feet  mould  ftep  aftray, 
Protect  and  guide  us  in  our  way. 


Hymn   8.     61.  l.  m. 
Eefore  or  after  fermon. 
J  WHILE  here  as  wand'ring  fheep  we  ftray^ 
Teach  us,  O  teach  us,  Lord,  thy  way  ! 


8  HYMN  9.  [pari 

Difpofe  our  hearts,  with  willing  awe, 
To  love  thy  word,  and  keep  thy  law  ; 
That,  by  thy  guiding  precepts  led, 
Our  feet  the  paths  of  truth  may  tread. 

2  Great  fource  of  light,  to  all  below  ! 
Teach  us  thy  holy  will  to  know  : 
Teach  us  to  read  thy  word  aright, 
And  make  it  our  fupreme  delight ; 
That,  purg'd  from  vain  defires,  our  mind 
In  thee  its  only  good  may  find. 

3  Maker,  Inftrudlor,  Judge  of  all, 
O  hear  us,  when  on  thee  we  call  ! 
To  us,  all-bounteous  Lord,  difpenfe 
Thy  grace,  and  guiding  influence  ! 
Preferve  us  in  thy  holy  ways, 

And  teach  our  hearts  to  fpeak  thy  praife  ! 


Hymn  9.     7s.  m. 
The  acceptable  worfhipper. 

WHO  mail  tow'rds  thy  chofen  feat 
Turn,  O  Lord,  his  favour' d  feet  ? 
Who  fhall  at  thine  altar  bend  > 
Who  fhall  Sion's  hill  afcend  ? 
Who,  great  God,  a  welcome  gueft, 
On  thy  holy  mountain  reft  ? 

He,  whofe  heart  thy  love  has  warm'd  ; 
He,  whofe  will  to  thine  conform'd 
Bids  his  life  unfullied  run  ; 
He,  whofe  word  and  thought  are  one  ; 
Who,  from  fin's  contagion  free, 
Lifts  his  willing  foul  to  thee. 


sect.  1,3  HYMN  10,  11. 

3  He,  who  thus,  with  heart  unftain'd, 
Treads  the  path  by  thee  ordain'd,— 
He  fliall  tow'rds  thy  chofen  feat 
Turn,  O  Lord,  his  favour'd  feet  ; 
He  thy  ceafelefs  care  fhall  prove, 
He  fhall  fiiare  thy  conftant  love. 


Hymn   10.     7s.  m. 
After  fermon. 

1  THANKS  for  mercies  paft,  receive  j 

Pardon  of  our  fms  renew  ; 
Teach  us  henceforth  how  to  live, 
With  eternity  in  view. 

2  Blefs  thy  word  to  old  and  young  ; 

Grant  us,  Lord,  thy  peace  and  love  5 
And,  when  life's  fhort  race  is  run, 
Take  us  to  thy  houfe  above. 

Hymn   11.     8  t£f7s.  m. 
For  the  clofe  of  pubUc  worfhip. 

1  LORD  !   difmifs  us  with  thy  bleffing, 

Hope  and  comfort  from  above  ; 
Let  us,  each  thy  peace  poffefiing, 
Triumph  in  redeeming  love. 

2  Thanks  we  give  and  adoration 

For  thy  gofpel's  joyful  found  ; 
May  the  fruits  of  thy  falvation 
In  our  hearts  and  lives  abound.'. 


10  HYMN  12,  13,  14.      [part  i 

Hymn   12.     l.   m. 

Doxology. 

1  FROM  all  that  dwell  below  the  fides, 
Let  the  Creator's  praife  arife  ! 

Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  fung, 
Thro'  ev'ry  land,  by  ev'ry  tongue  ! 

2  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord  ! 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word  : 

Thy  praife  fhall  found  from  more  to  more. 
Till  funs  fhall  rife  and  fet  no  more. 


Hymn   13.     7s.  m. 
Before  or  after  fermon. 

1  LORD  of  nature  !   fource  of  light ! 

In  pity  view  thy  world  below  : 
Guide  our  erring  footfteps  right, 

Through  thefe  fcenes  of  guilt  and  woe. 

2  Grant  thy  fpirit  ! — By  thy  kindnefs 

Let  our  errors  be  forgiven  : 
Heal  our  lins,  difpel  our  blindnefs  ; 
Then — conduct  us  fafe  to  heaven  J 


Hymn   14.     8  fcf  7s.  m. 

Univerfal  praife. 

1  PRAISE  to  thee,  thou  great  Creator  ! 

Praife  to  thee  from  ev'ry  tongue  ; 
Join,  my  foul,  with  ev'ry  creature, 
Join  the  univerfal  fong. 

2  For  ten  thoufand  blefiings  given, 

For  the  hope  of  future  joy, 


sect,  i.]  HYMN  15.  11 

Sound  his  praife  thro'  earth  and  heaven, 
Sound  Jehovah's  praife  on  high. 


Hymn   15.    7s.  m. 

Hallelujah.  . 

1  GLORY  be'to  God  on  high  '—Hallelujah 
God  whofe  glory  fills  the  fky  : 

Lift  your  voice,  ye  people  all, 
Praife  the  God  on  whom  ye  call. 

2  God,  whofe  wifdom,  throned  on  high, 
Built  the  manfions  of  the  fky  ; 

And  the  orbs  that  gild  the  pole, 
Bade  thro'  boundlefs  aether  roll : 

3  God,  who  o'er  this  earthly  ball, 
Looks  with  equal  eye  on  all, 
And  to  every  thing  that  lives, 
Rich  fupplies  of  bleffings  gives. 

4  Sons  of  earth,  the  triumph  join  : 
Praife  him  with  the  hoft  divine  ; 
Emulate  the  heav'nly  pow'rs  ; 
Their  all-gracious  God  is  ours. 

5  Happy,  who  his  laws  obey  ! 
Them  he  rules  with  milder  fway  ; 
Pure  and  holy  hearts  alone 

He  hath  chofen  for  his  own. 

6  Him,  whofe  joy  is  to  reftore, 
Him  let  all  our  hearts  adore  : 
Earth  and  heav'n  repeat  the  cry, 
Glory  be  to  God  on  high  ! 


V2  HYMN  16.  [part  h. 


§  2.    HYMNS  OF  GENERAL  PRAYER  AND   PRAISE. 

Hymn    16.      l.   m. 

Hymn  to  the  Deity. 

1  GRE  AlTEST  of  beings,  fource  of  life, 
Sov'reign  of  air,  and  earth,  and  feai 
All  nature  feels  thy  pow'r,  and  all 

A  filent  homage  pay  to  thee. 

2  Wak'd  by  thy  hand,  the  morning  fun 
Pours  forth  to  thee  its  earlier  rays, 
And  fpreads  thy  glories  as  it  climbs  ; 
While  raptur'd  worlds  look  up  and  praife. 

3  The  moon  to  the  deep  fhades  of  night, 
Speaks  the  mild  luftre  of  thy  name  ; 
While  all  the  ftars  that  cheer  the  fcene, 
Thee,  the  great  Lord  of  light  proclaim. 

4?  And  groves,  and  vales,  and  rocks,  and  hills, 
And  ev'ry  flow'r,  and  ev'ry  tree, 
Ten  thoufand  creatures  warm  with  life, 
Have  each  a  grateful  fong  for  thee. 

5  But  man  was  form'd  to  rife  to  heav'n  ; 
And  bleft  with  reafon's  clearer  light, 
He  views  his  Maker  thro*  his  works, 
And  glows  with  rapture  at  the  fight. 

6  Nor  can  the  thoufand  fongs  that  rife, 
Whether  from  air,  or  earth,  or  fea, 
So  well  repeat  Jehovah  s  praife, 
Or  raife  fuch  facred  harmony. 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  17.  13 

Hymn   17.   l.   m. 
The  fame  fubjedL 

I1  GREATEST  of  beings,  fource  of  life, 
Sov'reign  of  air,  of  earth,  and  fea  ! 
All  nature  feels  thy  pow'r,  but  man 
A  grateful  tribute  pays  to  thee. 

2  Subject  to  wants,  to  thee  he  looks, 
And  from  thy  goodnefs  feeks  fupplies  : 
And  when  oppreft  with  guilt  he  mourns, 
Thy  mercy  lifts  him  to  the  fkies. 

3  Children,  whofe  little  minds,  unform'd, 
Ne'er  rais'd  a  tender  thought  to  heav'n  ; 
And  men  whom  reafon  lifts  to  God, 
Tho'  oft  by  paflion  downward  driv'n  : 

4  Thofe  too,  who  bend  with  age  and  care, 
A  ad  faint  and  tremble  near  the  tomb  ; 
Who,  fick'ning  at  the  prefent  fcenes, 
Sigh  for  that  better  ilate  to  come  : — • 

5  All,  great  Creator  !   all  are  thine  ; 
All  feel  thy  providential  care  ; 
And  thro'  each  varying  fcene  of  life 
Alike  thy  conflant  pity  (hare. 

6  And  whether  grief  opprefs  the  heart ; 
Or  whether  joy  elate  the  bread  ! 

Or  life  ftill  keep  its  little  courfe  ; 
Or  death  invite  the  heart  to  reft  : 

7  All  are  thy  meffengers,  and  all 
Thy  facred  pleafure,  Lord,  obey  : 
And  all  are  training  man  to  dwell 
Nearer  to  blifs,  and  nearer  Thee. 

B 


I*  HYMN  18,  19.  [part  it. 

Hymn    18.   p.   m. 
Hymn  of  praife. 
O  PRAISE  ye  the  Lord  !  prepare  a  new  fong  ; 
And  let  all  his  faints  in  full  concert  join  : 
With  voices  united  the  anthem  prolong, 
And  fhew  forth  his  praifes  with  mufic  divine. 

2  Let  praife  to  the  Lord,  who  made  us,  afcend  ; 
Let  each  grateful  heart  be  glad  in  its  king  : 
The  Cod   whom   we   worfhip,    our    fongs   will 

attend, 
And  view  with  complacence  the  off'ring  we  bring. 

}  Be  joyful,  ye  faints.,  fuflain'd  by  his  might, 
And  let  your  glad  fongs  awake  with  each  morn : 
For  thofe  who  obey  him  are  flill  his  delight, 
His  hand  with  falvation  the  meek  will  adorn. 

1<  Then  praife  ye  the  Lord  !   prepare  a  glad  fong  ; 
And  let  all  his  faints  in  full  concert  join  : 
With  voices  uuited  the  anthem  prolong, 
And  fhew  forth  his  praifes  with  mufic  divine. 


Hymn   19-     61.  l.  m. 

Hymn  of  univerfal  praife. 

1  TO  GOD,  the  Lord,  wake  we  the  lay  ! 
Let  ev'ry  creature  homage  pay, 

And  bow  to  his  Almighty  name  ! 
Let  heaven,  and  earth,  and  feas  and  ikies, 
In  one  harmonious  concert  rife, 

To  fwell  the  high  infpiring  theme  ! 

2  Ye  angels,  catch  the  joyful  found, 
And,  as  ye  wait  his  throne  around, 

Your  Maker's  boundlefs  goodnefs  fing 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  19.  1£ 

Let  the  full  .choir  of  faints  above 
Join  the  glad  ftrain  of  grateful  love, 

And  loudly  ftrike  th'  according  firing  ! 

3  Ye  plumed  warblers  of  the  Iky,' 

Who,  heav'nward  ringing,  foar  on  high, 

Your  fweet  melodious  anthems  raiie  ! 
To  him  who  (liap'd  your  finer  mould, 
Who  tipp'd  your  glitt'ring  wings  with  gold, 

Pour  the  full  chorus  of  your  praife  ! 

4<  Ye  infects,  flutt'ring  on  the  gale 
Amid  the  flow'r-befprinkled  vale, 

By  inftincl  taught,  your  homage  join  ! 
Rifle  the  rofe's  vermeil  bloom, 
And  waft  its  fpoils,  in  fweet  perfume, 

As  incenfe  to  the  throne  divine  ! 

5  Ye  deeps,  whofe  roaring  billows  rife 
To  join  the  thunders  of  the  fides, 

Praife  him  who  bids  your  waters  roil ; 
His  praife  in  fofter  notes  declare, 
Each  whifp'ring  breeze  of  yielding  air, 

And  breathe  it  to  the  raptur'd  foul. 

6  Thou  heaven  of  heavens,  his  van:  abode, 
Ye  clouds,  proclaim  your  maker,  God  ! 

Ye  thunders,  fpeak  his  matchlefs  pow'rl 
Lo  !   on  the  lightning's  gleamy  wing 
In  triumph  rides  th'  eternal  king  ; 

With  awe  th'  aftonifhed  worlds  adore. 

7  Let  man,  with  nobler  reafon  fraught, 
The  feeling  heart,  the  glowing  thought, 

In  God's  high  praife  his  pow'rs  employ  ! 
Spread  the  Creator's  name  around, 
Till  heaven's  broad  arch  the  ftrain  refound, 
In  echoes  of  triumphant  joy  ! 


16  HYMN  20,  21.  [pai 

8  To  God,  the  Lord,  wake  all  the  lay  ! 
Let  ev'ry  creature  homage  pay, 

And  bow  to  his  Almighty  name  ! 
Let  heaven  and  earth,  and  feas  and  ikies, 
In  one  harmonious  concert  rife, 

To  fwell  the  high  infpiring  theme  ! 


Hymn  20.     7s.  sf» 

A  hymn  of  praife. 

1  PRAISE,  O  praife,  the  name  divine 
Praife  it  at  the  hallow'd  fhrine  : 
Let  the  firmament  on  high 

To  its  Maker's  praife  reply. 

2  Let  his  a£ls,  and.pow'r  fupreme, 
To  your  fongs  fuggeft  a  theme  : 
Let  the  organ  in  his  praife 
Learn  its  loudeft  note  to  raife. 

3  All  who  vital  breath  enjoy, 

In  his  praife  that  breath  employ  j 
And  in  one  great  chorus  join  : 
Praife,  O  praife  the  name  divine  ! 


Hymn  21.   s.   m. 
Sincere  praife. 

1  ALMIGHTY  maker,  God  i 

How  wondrous  is  thy  name  I 
Thy  glories  how  difFus'd  abroad 
Thru'  all  creation's  frame  ! 

2  Nature  in  ev'ry  drefs 

Pier  humble  homage  pays  ; 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  22. 

And  does  a  thoufand  ways  exprefs 
Her  undiffembled  praife. 

3  My  foul  would  rife  and  ling 

To  her  Creator  too  : 
Fain  would  my  tongue  adore  my  king, 
And  pay  the  homage  due. 

4  In  joy,  oh  !   let  me  fpend 

The  remnant  of  my  days  ; 
And  oft  to  God,  my  foul  !   afeend 
In  grateful  fongs  of  praife. 


Hymn  22.      s.   m. 
Praife  for  fpiritual  and  temporal  bleffing 

1  O  BLESS  the  Lord,  our  fouls  ! 

Let  all  within  us  join, 
And  aid  our  tongues  to  blefs  his  name, 
Whofe  favours  are  divine. 

2  O  blefs  the  Lord  our  fouls  ! 

Nor  let  his  mercies  lie 
Forgotten  in  unthankfulnefs, 
And  without  praifes  die. 

3  'Tis  he  forgives  our  fins, 

'Tis  he  relieves  our  pain  ;. 
?Tis  he  that  heals  our  fickneffes, 
And  gives  us  ftrength  again. 

4  He  crowns  our  lives  with  love, 

When  refcued  from  the  grave  ; 
He  that  redeem'd  our  fouls  from  death3 
Hath  boundlefs  pow'r  to  fave. 

5  He  fills  the  poor  with  good  ; 

He  gives  the  f  uff'rer  reft  ; 
B  2 


IS  HYMN  23.  [part  u, 

The  Lord  hath  juftice  for  the  proud, 
And  mercy  for  th*  oppreft. 

6  His  wondrous  works  and  ways 
He  made  by  Mofes  known  ; 
But  fent  the  world  his  truth  and  grace 
By  his  beloved  Son. 


Hymn  23.     p.  m. 
Thankfgiving  and  praife. 

1      "  MY  foul,  praife  the  Lord, 

Speak  good  of  his  name  !" 
His  mercies  record, 

His  bounties  proclaim : 
To  God  their  creator, 

Let  all  creatures  raife 
The  fong  of  thankfgiving, 

The  chorus  of  praife  ! 

_     Though,  hid  from  man's  fight. 

God  fits  on  his  throne, 
Yet  here  by  his  works 

Their  Author  is  known  : 
The  world  mines  a  mirror 

Its  Maker  to  fliow, 
And  heav'n  views  its  image 

Reflected  below. 

3     Thofe  agents  of  pow 'r, 

Fire,  water,  earth,  fky, 

Atteil  the  dread  might 
Of  God  the  moft  high: 

Who  rides  on  the  whirlwind 
While  clouds  veil  his  form  : 


se-ct.  2.]  HYMN  24.  19 

Who  fmiles  in  the  funbeam, 
Or  frowns  in  the  ftorra. 

4  By  knowledge  fupreme, 

By  wifdom  divine, 
God  governs  this  earth 

With  gracious  defign  : 
O'er  beaft,  bird,  and  infe£t, 

His  providence  reigns, 
Whofe  will  firft  created, 

Whofe  love  ftill  fuftains. 

5  And  man,  his  laft  work, 

With  reafon  endu'd, 
Who,  falling  through  fin, 

By  grace  is  renew'd  ; — 
To  God,  his  creator, 

Let  man  ever  raife 
The  fong  of  thankfgiving, 

The  chorus  of  praife  ! 


Hymn   24.     p.   m. 

Praise  to   God  from  all  nature. 

1  O  AZURE  vaults  !   O  cryftal  iky  ! 
The  world's  tranfparent  canopy  ! 

Break  your  long  fiience,  and  let  mortals  know, 
With  what  contempt  you  look  on  things  below, 

2  O  light !  thou  faireft,  firft  of  things, 
From  whom  all  joy  all  beauty  fprings  ; 

O  praife  th'  almighty  ruler  of  the  globe, 
Who  ufeth  thee  as  his  imperial  robe. 

3  Great  eye  of  all !  whofe  glorious  ray 
Rules  the  bright  empire  of  the  day  j 


20  HYMN  25.  [part  ii. 

O  praife  his  name,  without  whofe  purer  light, 
Thou  hadft  been  hid  in  an  abyfs  of  night. 

4  Ye  moon  and  planets  !   who  difpenfe 
By  God's  command  your  influence  ; 

Refign  to  him,  as  to  your  Maker  due, 
That  homage  which  man's  folly  pays  to  you. 

5  Ye  mills  and  vapours,  hail  and  fnow, 
And  you  who  thro'  the  concave  blow, 

Swift  to  perform  the  mandates  of  his  word, 
Whirlwinds  and  tempefts  !   praife  th'  almighty 
Lord. 

6  Praife  him,  ye  monfters  of  the  deep, 
That  in  the  fea's  vaft  bofom  fleep  ; 

At  whofe  command  the  foaming  billows  roar, 
Yet  know  their  limits,  tremble,  and  adore. 

7  Praife  him,  old  monuments  of  time  ! 
O  praife  him,  ye  in  youthful  prime  ! 

All  ye  who  fhine  in  beauty's  excellence  ! 
And  praife  him,  thou  fweet  age  of  innocence  I 

8  Let  the  wide  world  his  praifes  fing, 
From  whom  its  various  bleflings  fpring  : 

Let  echoing  anthems  make  his  praifes  known, 
On  earth  his  footftool,  as  in  heav'n  his  throne  f 


Hymn  25.     h.  m. 
Grateful  praife. 

TO  your  creator  God, 
Your  great  prefer ver,  raife, 
Ye  creatures  of  his  hand, 
Your  higheft  notes  of  praife  : 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  25. 

Let  every  voice 
Proclaim  his  pow'r, 
His  name  adore, 
And  loud  rejoice. 

2  Thou  fource  of  light  and  heat, 
Bright  fov'reign  of  the  day, 
Difpenfing  bleflings  round, 
With  all-diffufive  ray  ; 

From  morn  to  night, 
With  ev'ry  beam, 
Record  his  name, 
Who  made  thee  bright. 

3  Fair  regent  of  the  night, 
With  all  thy  Harry  train, 
Which  rife  in  filent  hofts, 
To  gild  the  azure  plain  ; 

With  countlefs  rays 
Declare  his  name, 
Prolong  the  theme, 
Reflect  his  praife, 

4  Let  all  the  creatures  join, 
To  celebrate  his  name, 
And  all  their  various  powers 
Affifl:  th'  exalted  theme. 

Let  nature  raife 
From  every  tongue 
A  general  fong 
Of  grateful  praife. 

5  But  oh  S   from  human  tongues 
Should  nobler  praifes  flow  ; 
And  every  thankful  heart, 
With  warm  devotion  glow  : 


22  HYMN  26.  [part  n, 

Your  voices  raife, 
Ye  highly  bleft 
Above  the  reft  ; 
Declare  his  praife. 


Hymn   26.     l.  m. 
Praife  to  the  Lord  of  nature. 

1  O  THOU,  through  all  thy  works  ador'd, 
Great  pow'r  fupreme,  almighty  Lord  ! 
Author  of  life,  whofe  fov'reign  fway 
Creatures  of  ev'ry  tribe  obey  ! 

2  To  thee,  moft  high,  to  thee  belong, 
The  fuppliant  pray  r,  the  joyful  fong  j 
To  thee  will  we  attune  our  voice, 
And  in  thy  wondrous  works  rejoice. 

3  Planets,  thofe  wand'ring  worlds  above, 
Guided  by  thee,  incefTant  move  ; 
Suns,  kindled  by  a  ray  divine, 

In  honour  of  their  maker  mine. 

4  From  thee  proceed  heav'n's  varied  ftore, 
The  changing  wind,  the  fruitful  fhow'r, 
The  flying  cloud,  the  colour'd  bow, 
The  moulded  hail,  the  feather'd  fnow, 

5  Tempefts  obey  thy  mighty  will ; 
Thy  awful  mandate  to  fulfil, 

The  forked  light'nings  dart  around, 
And  rive  the  oak  and  blafl  the  ground. 

6  Yet,  pleas'd  to  blefs,  kind  to  fupply, 
Thy  hand  fupports  thy  family, 
And  foflers  with  a  parent's  care, 
The  tribes  of  earth,  and  fea,  and  air. 


sect.  2.  J  HYMN  27.  23 

7   Of  nature's  laws,  and  nature's  king, 
Our  tongues  (hall  never  ceafe  to  fing  : 
The  debt  of  humble  praife  we  pay  ; 
Father,  accept  the  grateful  lay. 


Hymn  27-      l.  m. 
All  nature  invoked  to  praife  the  Creator. 

1  YE  blefs'd  inhabitants  of  heav'n  ! 
To  God  be  all  your  praifes  given  : 
O  praife  him  in  the  realms  that  lie 
Above  the  reach  of  mortal  eye. 

2  Praife  him,  thou  fun,  that  round  the  pole 
With  refllefs  courfe  art  feen  to  roll  ; 

Ye  moon  and  ftars;  his  praife  repeat ; 
Praife  him,  ye  heav'ns,  his  awful  feat  ! 

3  Nor  let  the  heav'ns  his  praife  confine, 
Let  all  of  earth  the  chorus  join  ; 

Ye  beads  that  range  th'  uncultur'd  foil, 
Or  patient  lend  to  man  your  toil. 

4  Praife  him,  each  bird,  that  wings  the  air, 
Each  reptile  nurtured  by  his  care  ; 
And  ev'ry  wind,  and  ev'ry  ftorm, 

That  duteous  his  commands  perform. 

5  Ye  youthful  bands,  and  virgin  choir, 
Each  lifping  babe,  and  hoary  fire, 
Wake  to  his  name  your,  grateful  fongs  j 
To  him  alone  all  praife  belongs. 

6  His  glory  earth's  wide  bounds  o'erflows, 
Nor  higheft  heav'n  its  limit  knows  ; 

O  come,  your  thankful  voices  raife, 
And  confecrate  to  him  your  praife. 


24  HYMN  28.  [part  ii 

Hymn   28.   l.   m. 
The  voice  of  Nature. 

1  THERE  is  a  God,  all  nature  fpeaks, 
Thro'  earth,  and  air,  and  feas,  and  Ikies  : 
See,  from  the  clouds  his  glory  breaks, 
When  the  firft  beams  of  morning  rife  ! 

2  The  rifing  fun,  ferenely  bright, 

O'er  the  wide  world's  extended  frame, 
Infcribes,  in  characters  of  light, 
His  mighty  Maker's  glorious  name. 

3  DifFufing  life,  his  influence  fpreads, 
And  health  and  plenty  fmile  around  : 
And  fruitful  fields,  and  verdant  meads, 
Are  with  a  thoufand  bleffings  crown'd. 

4  Almighty  goodnefs,  pow'r  divine, 
The  fields  and  verdant  meads  display  ; 
And  blefs  the  hand  which  made  them  mine, 
With  various  charms  profufely  gay. 

o  For  man  and  beaft,  here  daily  food 
In  wide  difFufive  plenty  grows  : 
And  there,  for  drink,  the  cryftal  flood 
In  Itreams  fweet  winding,  gently  flows. 

6  The  flow'ry  tribes,  all  blooming  rife, 
Above  the  faint  attempts  of  art  : 
Their  bright,  inimitable  dyes 
Speak  fweet  conviction  to  the  heart. 

7  Ye  curious  minds,  who  roam  abroad, 
And  trace  creation's  wonders  o'er  ! 
Confefs  the  footfteps  of  the  God, 
And  bow  before  him,  and  adore. 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  29,  30.  25 

Hymn  29.      l.   m. 

The  voice  of  God  in  his  works. 

1  THE  fpacious  firmament  on  high, 
With  all  the  blue  ethereal  fky, 

And  fpangled  heav'ns,  a  mining  frame, 
Their  great  original  proclaim. 
Th*  unwearied  fun  from  day  to  day- 
Does  his  Creator's  power  difplay  ; 
And  publilhes  to  every  land, 
The  work  of  an  almighty  hand. 

2  Soon  as  the  evening  (hades  prevail, 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wondrous  tale  ; 
And  nightly  to  the  liiVning  earth, 
Repeats  the  ftory  of  her  birth  : 

While  all  the  ftars  which  round  her  burn, 
And  all  the  planets  in  their  turn, 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll, 
And  fpread  the  truth  from  pole  to  pole. 

3  What  tho'  in  folemn  filence  all 
Move  round  the  dark  terreftrial  ball  ; 
What  tho'  nor  real  voice  nor  found, 
Amid  their  radiant  orbs  be  found  ? 
In  reafon's  ear  they  all  rejoice, 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice  ; 
For  ever  ringing  as  they  fhine — 

"  The  hand  that  made  us  is  divine." 

Hymn   30.      7s.  m. 
The  perfections  and  providence  of  God, 
1    LET  us  with  a  joyful  mind, 
Praife  the  Lord,  for  he  is  kind  : 
For  his  mercies  fhall  endure, 
Ever  faithful,  ever  Aire. 
C 


26  HYMN  31.  [part 

2  Let  us  found  his  name  abroad, 
For  of  Gods  he  is  the  God, 
Who  by  wifdom  did  create 

TV  heavens  high,  and  all  their  Hate  : 

3  Did  the  folid  earth  ordain 
How  to  rife  above  the  main  : 
Who,  by  his  commanding  might, 
FilPd  the  new-made  world  with  light : 

1  Caus'd  the  golden-treffed  fun, 
All  the  day  his  courfe  to  run  ; 
And  the  moon  to  mine  by  night, 
'Mid  her  fpangled  lifters  bright. 

5  All  his  creatures  God  does  feed, 
His  full  hand  fupplies  their  need  : 
Let  us  therefore  warble  forth 
His  high  majefty  and  worth. 

6  He  his  manfion  hath  on  high, 
'Bove  the  reach  of  mortal  eye  : 
And  his  mercies  fhall  endure, 
Ever  faithful,  ever  fure. 


Hymn   31.     c.   m. 

The  perfe&ions  of  God  difplayed  in  his  works. 

1  WE  fing  th'  almighty  pow'r  of  God, 

Who  bade  the  mountains  rife, 
Who  fpread  the  flowing  feas  abroad, 
And  built  the  lofty  ikies. 

2  We  fing  the  wifdom  that  ordain'd 

The  fun  to  rule  the  day  : 
The  moon  mines  full  at  his  command, 
And  all  the  ftars  obey. 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  32. 

3  We  fmg  the  goodnefs  of  the  Lord, 

Who  fills  the  earth  with  food  ; 
Who  form'd  his  creatures  by  a  word, 
And  then  pronounc'd  them  good. 

4  Lord,  how  thy  wonders  are  difplay'd 

Where'er  we  turn  our  eyes  ; 
Whether  we  view  the  ground  we  tread* 
Or  gaze  upon  the  ikies  ! 

5  There's  not  a  plant  nor  flow'r  below, 

But  makes  thy  glories  known  ; 
And  clouds  arife,  and  tempefts  blow 
By  order  from  thy  throne. 

6  Creation,  vaft  as  it  may  be, 

Is  fubject  to  thy  will  : 
There's  not  a  place  where  we  can  flee, 
But  God  is  with  us  ftilL 

7  'Tis  on  his  earth  we  ftand  or  move, 

And  'tis  his  air  we  breathe  ; 
All  heav'n  he  fills  with  beams  of  love, 
With  terrors  hell  beneath. 

8  On  him  each  moment  we  dep  end ; 

If  he  withdraw,  we  die  : 
Oh  may  we  ne'er  that  God  offend, 
Who  is  for  ever  nigh. 


Hymn  32.      c.   m. 

Habitual  devotion. 

I  While  thee  I  feek,  protecting  pcw'r 
Be  my  vain  wiflies  ftill'd  ; 
And  may  this  coniecrated  hour 
With  better  hopes  be  nll'd. 


28  HYMN  33.  [part  u 

2  Thy  love  the  pow'rs  of  thought  beftow'd  j 

To  thee  my  thoughts  would  foar  : 
Thy  mercy  o'er  my  life  has  flow'd  : — 
That  mercy  I  adore  ! 

3  In  each  event  of  life,  how  clear 

Thy  ruling  hand  I  fee  ! 
Each  blefiing  to  my  foul  more  dear, 
Becaufe  conferr'd  by  thee. 

--£  In  ev'ry  joy  that  crowns  my  days, 
In  ev'ry  pain  I  bear, 
My  heart  mail  find  delight  in  praife, 
Or  feek  relief  in  prayer. 

5  When  gladnefs  wings  my  favour'd  hour, 
Thy  love  my  thoughts  fhall  fill  : 
Refign'd,  when  ftorms  of  forrow  lower, 
My  foul  fhall  meet  thy  will. 

S  My  lifted  eye,  without  a  tear, 

The  gathering  florm  fhall  fee  ; 
My  fteadfafl  heart  fhall  know  no  fear  : — 
That  heart  fhall  reft  on  thee  ! 


Hymn   33.      l.   m. 

Give  thanks  to  God  in  all  things. 

GREAT  God  !  our  joyful  thanks  to  thee, 
Shall,  like  thy  gifts,  continual  be  : 
In  conftant  ftreams  thy  bounty  flows, 
Nor  end  nor  interruption  knows. 

From  thee  our  comforts  all  arife, 
Our  numerous  wants  thy  hand  fupplies  ; 
Nor  can  we  ever,  Lord,  be  poor, 
Who  live  on  thine  exhauftlefs  ftore. 


sect.  2.J  HYMN  34.  29 

3  If  what  we  afk  our  God  denies, 
It  is  becaufe  he's  good  and  wife  ; 

And  ills  which  caufe  our  hearts  to  mourn, 
Thou  canfl  to  real  blefiings  turn. 

4  Deep,  Lord,  upon  our  thankful  bread 
Let  all  thy  favours  be  irapreft  ; 
That  we  may  never  more  forget 
The  whole,  or  any  fingle  debt. 

5  May  we,  with  grateful  hearts  each  day 
For  all  thy  gifts  our  praifes  pay  ; 
And  (till  delighted  may  we  be 

In  all  things  to  give  thanks  to  thee  S 


Hymn   34.     c.   m. 
Gratitude  to  God. 

1  WHEN  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God  ! 

My  rifmg  foul  furveys, 
Tranfported  with  the  view,  I'm  loft 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praife. 

2  O  how  mall  words,  with  equal  warmth. 

The  gratitude  declare, 
That  glows  in  my  enraptur'd  heart  !*— 
But  thou  canfl  read  it  there. 

3  Thy  providence  my  life  fuflain'd, 

And  all  my  wants  redrefs'd, 
When  in  the  filent  womb  I  lay 
Or  hung  upon  the  breaft. 

4  To  all  my  weak  complaints  and  cries 

Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear, 
Ere  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learnt 
To  form  themfelves  in  pray'r. 
C2 


30  HYMN  34.   .  [part  ii. 

5  Unnumber'd  comforts  on  my  foul* 

Thy  tender  care  beftow'd, 
Before  my  infant  heart  conceiv'd 
From  whom  thofe  comforts  flow'd. 

6  When  in  the  flipp'ry  paths  of  youth 

With  heedlefs  fteps  I  ran, 
Thine  arm,  unfeen,  convey'd  me  fafe, 
And  led  me  up  to  man. 

7  Thro'  hidden  dangers,  toils,  and  deaths, 

It  gently  clear  d  my  way  ; 
And  through  the  pleafmg  fnares  of  vice, 
More  to  be  fear'd  than  they. 

8  When  worn  by  ficknefs,  oft  halt  thou 

With  health  renew'd  my  face  ; 
And,  when  in  fins  and  forrows  funk, 
Reviv'd  my  foul  with  grace. 

9  Thy  bounteous  hand  with  worldly  blifs 

Hath  made  my  cup  run  o'er  ; 
And  in  a  kind  and  faithful  friend, 
Hath  doubled  all  my  {lore. 

10  Ten  thoufand  thoufand  precious  gifts? 

My  daily  thanks  employ  ; 
Nor  is  the  leaft  a  cheerful  heart, 
"Which  taftes  thofe  gifts  with  joy. 

1 1  Through  every  period  of  my  life 

Thy  goodnefs  I'll  purfue  ; 
And  after  death,  in  diilant  worlds, 
The  glorious  theme  renew. 

1  2  When  nature  fails,  and  day  and  night 
Divide  thy  works  no  more  ; 
My  ever  grateful  heart,  O  Lord  ' 
Thy  mercy  (hall  adore. 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  35,  31 

13  Through  all  eternity  to  thee 
A  joyful  fong  I'll  raife — 
For  oh  !  eternity  alone 
Can  utter  all  thy  praife. 


Hymn  35.     7s.  m. 
Praife  to  God  for  his  greatnefs  and  mercy  » 

1  GLORY  be  to  God  on  high, 

God,  whofe  glory  fills  the  fky  ; 

Peace  on  earth  to  man  forgiv'n, 

Man,  the  well-belov'd  of  heav'n  : 

Glory  be  to  God  on  high, 

God,  whofe  glory  fills  the  Iky. 

:Z  Favour'd  mortals,  raife  the  fong  % 
Endlefs  thanks  to  God  belong  ; 
Hearts  o'erfiowing  with  his  praife, 
Join  the  hymns  your  voices  raife  ; 

Glory  be,  &c. 

3  Call  the  tribes  of  beings  round, 
From  creation's  utmoft  bound ; 
Where  the  Godhead  (nines  confefs'd, 
There  be  folemn  praife  addrefs'd  : 

Glory  be,  &c, 

i<  Mark  the  wonders  of  his  hand  ! 
Pow'r,  no  empire  can  withftand  ; 
Wifdom,  angels'  glorious  theme  ', 
Goodnefs,  one  eternal  ftream  : 

Glory  be,  &c, 

5  Awful  Being  !   from  thy  throne 
Send  thy  promis'd  bleffings  down  ; 
Let  thy  light,  thy  truth,  thy  peace, 
Bid  our  raging  paffions  ceafe  : 

Glory  bes  &c> 


32  HYMN  36.  [part  ii. 

Hymn   36.     l.  m. 

Divine  majefty  and  goodnefs  in  the  terrible  appearances 
of  nature. 

1  AWAKE,  my  foul,  to  hymns  of  praife, 
To  God  the  fong  of  triumph  raife  ; 
Adorn'd  with  majefty  divine, 

What  pomp,  what  glory,  Lord,  are  thine  ! 

2  Light  forms  his  robe,  and  round  his  head 
The  heavens  their  ample  curtain  fpread  ; 
See  on  the  wind's  expanded  wings 

The  chariot  of  the  King  of  kings  ! 

3  Around  him  rang'd  in  awful  ftate, 
Dark  filent  ftorms  attentive  wait  ; 
And  thunders  ready  to  fulfil 

The  mandates  of  his  fov'reign  will. 

4  From  earth's  low  margin  to  the  fides 
He  bids  the  dufky  vapours  rife  ; 
Then  from  his  magazines  on  high, 
Commands  the  imprifon'd  winds  to  fly. 

5  The  lightning's  pallid  fheet  expands, 
And  fhowers  defcend  on  furrow'd  lands  ; 
Whilft  down  the  mountain's  channel'd  fide 
The  torrent  rolls  in  fwelling  pride. 

6  Till  fpent  its  wild  impetuous  force, 
And  fettled  in  its  deilin'd  courfe, 
It  waters  all  the  fruitful  plains, 
And  life  in  various  forms  fuftains. 

7  Thus  clouds,  and  ftorms,  and  fires  obey 
Thy  wife  and  all-controlling  fway  ; 
And  whilft  thy  terrors  round  us  ftand, 
We  fee  a  Father's  bounteous  hand. 


SECT. 


2.]  HYMN  37.  33 


Hymn  37.     10s.  m. 
Thanks  to  God  for  creation  and  preservation. 

1  THOU  pow'r  fupreme,   by  whofe  command 

we  live  ! 
The  grateful  tribute  of  our  praife  receive  : 
To  thy  indulgence  we  our  being  owe, 
And  all  the  joys  which  from  that  being  flow. 

2  Not  many  funs  have  form'd  the  rolling  year, 
And    run    their   deftin'd    courfes  round    this 

fphere, 
Since  thy  creative  eye  our  form  furvey'd, 
'Midft  undiftinguifh'd  heaps  of  matter  laid. 

3  Thy  fkill  our  elemental  clay  refin'd, 
The  vagrant  particles  in  order  join'd  ; 
"With  perfect,  fymmetry  compos'd  the  whole, 
And  ftamp'd  thy  facred  image  on  the  foul ; 

4  A  foul  fufceptible  of  endlefs  joy, 

Whofe  frame  nor  force,  nor  time,  fhall  e'er 

deftroy  ; 
Which   fhall  furvive,  tho'   nature   claim    our 

breath, 
And  bid  defiance  to  the  darts  of  death  ; 

5  To  realms  of  blifs  with  active  freedom  foar, 
And  live  when  earth  and  fides  fhall  be  no  more  : 
Author  of  life  !   in  vain  our  voice  effays 

For  this  immortal  gift  to  fpeak  thy  praife. 

6  How  fhall  our  hearts  their  grateful  fenfe  reveal, 
Where  all  the  energy  of  words  muft  fail  ? 

O  may  its  influence  in  our  lives  appear, 
And  ev'ry  action  prove  our  thanks  iincere  I 


34  HYMN  38.  [part  i* 

Hymn   38.     7s.  m. 
Praise  to  God  in   prosperity  and  adversitv. 

1  PRAISE  to  God,  immortal  praife, 
For  the  love  that  crowns  our  days  : 
Bounteous  fource  of  ev'ry  joy  ! 
Let  thy  praife  our  tongues  employ  : 

2  For  the  blefiings  of  the  field, 
For  the  ftores  the  gardens  yield  ; 
For  the  vine's  exalted  juice, 
For  the  gen'rous  olive's  ufe. 

3  Flocks  that  whiten  all  the  plain, 
Yellow  (heaves  of  ripen'd  grain  ; 
Clouds  that  drop  their  fattening  dews, 
Suns  that  temp'rate  warmth  diffufe. 

4  All  that  Spring  with  bounteous  hand 
Scatters  o'er  the  fmiling  land  ; 

All  that  lib'ral  Autumn  pours 
From  her  rich  o'erflowing  ftores, 

5  Thefe,  to  thee,  our  God  !   we  owe, 
Source  whence  all  our  blefiings  flow  \ 
And  for  thefe  our  fouls  fhall  raife 
Grateful  vows  and  folemn  praife. 

6  Yet  mould  rifing  whirlwinds  tear 

From  its  ftem  the  rip'ning  ear  ;  ' ■•; 

Should  the  fig-tree's  blafted  moot 
Drop  her  green  untimely  fruit : 

7  Should  the  vine  put  forth  no  more, 
Nor  the  olive  yield  her  ilore  ; 
Tho'  the  fick'ning  flocks  mould  fall, 
And  the  herds  defert  the  ftall  : 

8  Should  thine  alter'd  hand  reftrain, 
The.  early  and  the  latter  rain  ; 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  39,  40.  35 

Blaft  each  op'ning  bud  of  joy, 
And  the  rifing  year  deftroy  : 

9  Still  to  thee  our  fouls  (hall  raife 
Grateful  vows  and  folemn  praife ; 
And,  when  ev'ry  blessing's  flown, 
Love  thee— for  thyfelf  alone* 


Hymn   39.     c.  m. 
Prayer  for  spiritual  and  eternal  bleffings. 

ETERNAL  fource  of  life  and  light, 

Supremely  good  and  wife  ! 
To  thee  we  bring  our  grateful  vows, 

To  thee  lift  up  our  eyes. 

Our  dark  and  erring  minds  illume 
With  truth's  celeftial  rays  ; 

Infpire  our  hearts  with  facred  love, 
And  tune  our  lips  to  praife. 

Safely  conduct:  us,  by  thy  grace, 
Thro'  life's  perplexing  road  ; 

And  place  us,  when  that  journey's  o'ers 
At  thy  right  hand,   O  God ! 


Hymn  40.     c.  m. 

The  universal  prayer. 

FATHER  of  all !  in  ev'ry  age, 

In  ev'ry  clime  ador'd, 
By  faint,  by  favage,  or  by  fage, 

The  univerfal  Lord  ! 

Thou  great  firft  caufe  !  Ieaft  underftood 
Who  all  my  fenfe  confin'd, 


36  HYMN  40.  [part  ii. 

To  know  but  this — that  thou  art  good, 
And  that  myfelf  am  blind. 

3  What  confcience  dictates  to  be  done, 

Or  warns  me  not  to  do  ; 
This,  teach  me  more  than  hell  to  fhun, 
That,  more  than  heav'n  purfue. 

4  What  bleffings  thy  free  bounty  gives, 

Let  me  not  call  away  ; 
For  God  is  paid  when  man  receives  ;   ' 
T'  enjoy  is  to  obey. 


5  Yet,  not  to  earth's  contracted  fpan 

Thy  goodnefs  let  me  bound  ; 
Or  think  thee  Lord  alone  of  man, 
When  thoufand  worlds  are  round. 

6  Let  not  this  weak,  unknowing  hand 

Prefume  thy  bolts  to  throw  ; 
And  deal  damnation  round  the  land, 
On  each  I  judge  thy  foe. 

7  If  I  am  right,  thy  grace  impart, 

Still  in  the  right  to  flay  ; 
If  I  am  wrong,  O  teach  my  heart 
To  find  that  better  way. 

8  Save  me  alike  from  foolifh  pride, 

Or  impious  difcontent 
At  aught  thy  wifdom  has  deny'd, 
Or  aught  thy  goodnefs  lent. 

9  Teach  me  to  feel  another's  woe, 

To  hide  the  fault  I  fee  ; 

That  mercy  I  to  others  fhow, 

That  mercy  fhow  to  me. 


sect.  2.]  HYMN  41.  -37 

10  Mean  though  I  am,  not  wholly  fo, 

Since  quicken'd  by  thy  breath  ; 
O  !  lead  me,  wherefoe'er  I  go, 
Thro*  this  day's  life  or  death. 

1 1  This  day  be  bread  and  peace  my  lot  j— 

But  all  beneath  the  fun, 
Thou  know'ft  if  bell  beftow'd  or  not ; 
And  let  thy  will  be  done. 

12  To  thee,  whofe  temple  is  all  fpace, 

Whofe  altar,  earth,  fea,  fides, 
One  chorus  let  all  beings  raife, 
All  nature's  incenfe  rife  ! 


Hymn  41.      c.  m. 
The  Lord's  prayer. 

1  FATHER  of  all!  eternal  mind  ! 

Immenfely  good  and  great  ! 
Thy  children  form'd  and  blefs'd  by  thee. 
Approach  thine  awful  feat. 

2  Thy  name  in  hallow'd  ftrains  be  fung ; 

We  join  the  folemn  praife  : 
To  thy  great  name,  with  heart  and  tongue, 
Our  cheerful  homage  raife. 

3  Thy  mild,  thy  wife,  and  righteous  reign 

Let  ev'ry  being  own  ; 
And  in  our  minds,  thy  work  divine, 
Erect  thy  gracious  throne. 

4  As  angels  in  the  heav'nly  worlds 

Thy  bleft  commands  fulfil; 
So  may  the  creatures  here  below 
Perform  thy  holy  will. 

D 


38  HYMN  42.  [part 

5  On  thee  we  day  by  day  depend  ; 

Our  daily  wants  fupply  ; 
With  truth  and  virtue  feed  our  fouls, 
That  they  may  never  die. 

6  Extend  thy  grace  to  ev'ry  fault ; 

Oh  !  let  thy  love  forgive  ; 
Teach  us  divine  forgivenefs  too, 
Nor  let  refentments  live. 

7  Where  tempting  fnares  beflrew  the  way, 

Permit  us  not  to  tread  ; 
Or  turn  all  real  evil  far 

From  our  unguarded  head. 

.8  Thy  facred  name  we  would  adore, 
With  cheerful,  humble  mind  : 
And  praife  thy  goodnefs,  pow'r  and  truth; 
Eternal,  unconfin'd  ! 


Hymn  42.     l.  m. 

Paraphrafe  of  the  Lord's  prayer. 

1  FATHER,  ador'd  in  worlds  above  i 
Thy  glorious  name  be  hallow'd  itill  ; 
Thy  kingdom  come  with  pow'r  and  love. 
And  earth  like  heav'n  obey  thy  will. 

2  Lord  !   make  our  daily  wants  thy  care  ; 
Forgive  the  fins  which  we  forfake  : 

O  let  us  in  thy  kindnefs  mare, 
As  fellow-men  of  ours  partake. 

3  Evils  befet  us  every  hour  ! 

Thy  kind  protection  we  implore  : 
Thine  is  the  kingdom,  thine  the  pow'r; 
Be  thine  the  glory  evermore  ! 


sect.  3. J  HYMN  43.  44,  39 


§  3.     HYMNS    FOR    PARTICULAR     SUBJECTS     OF 

discourses. 

Hymn  43.     l.   m. 
To  the  unknown  God. 

1  GREAT  God  !  in  vain  man's  narrow  view 
Attempts  to  look  thy  nature  through  : 
Our  lab'ring  pow'rs  with  rev'rence  own 
Thy  glories  never  can  be  known. 

2  Not  the  high  feraph's  mighty  thought, 
Who  countlef  s  years  his  God  has  fought, 
Such  wondrous  height  or  depth  can  find, 
Or  fully  trace  thy  boundlefs  mind. 

3  Yet  Lord,  thy  kindnefs  deigns  to  fhow 
Enough  for  mortal  minds  to  know  ; 
While  wifdom,  goodnefs,  pow'r  divine, 
Thro'  all  thy  works  and  conduct  mine 

4  O  !   may  our  fouls  with  rapture  trace 
Thy  works  of  nature  and  of  grace  ; 
Explore  thy  facred  truth,  and  ftill 
Prefs  on  to  know  and  do  thy  will ! 


Hymn  44.     l.   m. 

God's  omnifcience  and  omniprefence. 

1   FATHER  of  all!  omnifcient  mind  ! 
Thy  wifdom  who  can  comprehend  ? 
Its  higheft  point  what  eye  can  find, 
Or  to  its  loweft  depths  defcend  ? 


40  HYMN  45.  [part 

2  What  cavern  deep,  what  hill  fublime, 
Beyond  thy  reach,  fhall  I  purfue  ? 
What  dark  recefs,  what  diftant  clime, 
Shall  hide  me  from  thy  boundlefs  view  ? 

3  If  up  to  heavVs  ethereal  height, 
Thy  profpeft  to  elude,  I  rife  ; 

In  fplendour  there,  fupremely  bright, 
Thy  prefence  fhall  my  fight  furprife. 

4  Thee,  mighty  God  !   my  wond'ring  foul, 
Thee,  all  her  confcious  pow'rs  adore  ; 
Whofe  being  circumfcribes  the  whole, 
Whofe  eyes  the  univerfe  explore. 

5  Thine  eflence  fills  this  breathing  frame, 
It  glows  in  ev'iy  vital  part ; 

Lights  up  my  foul  with  livelier  flame, 
And  feeds  with  life  my  beating  heart. 

6  To  thee,  from  whom  my  being  came, 
Whofe  fmile  is  all  the  heav'n  I  know  ! 
Infpir'd  with  this  exalted  theme, 

To  thee  my  grateful  (trains  fhall  flow. 


Hymn  45.     l.   m. 

The  majefty  of  God. 

1  YE  weak  inhabitants  of  clay, 
Ye  trifling  infe&s  of  a  day  ! 

Low  in  your  native  dull  bow  down 
Before  th'  Eternal's  awful  throne. 

2  Let  Lebanon  her  cedars  bring 

To  blaze  before  the  fovereign  king, 
And  all  the  bealts,  that  on  it  feed, 
As  victims  at  his  altar  bleed. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  46.  41 

3  Loud  let  ten  thoufand  trumpets  found, 
And  call  remoteft  nations  round, 
Aflembled  on  the  crowded  plains, 
Princes  and  people,  kings  and  fwains. 

4  Join'd  with  the  living,  let  the  dead, 
Rifing,  the  face  of  earth  o'erfpread  ; 
And  while  his  praife  unites  their  tongues, 
Let  angels  echo  back  the  fongs. 

5  The  drop  that  from  the  bucket  falls, 
The  dull  that  hangs  upon  the  fcales, 
Is  more  to  Iky,  and  earth,  and  fea, 
Than  all  this  pomp,  great  God  Ifc  to  thee. 

Hymn  46.      l.   m. 

The  all-feeing  God. 

1  LORD,    thou    haft   fearch'd   and    feen   us 
through  ; 
Thine  eye  commands,  with  piercing  view, 
Our  waking  and  our  fleeping  hours, 
Our  heart  and  flefh,  with  all  their  pow'rs. 

c2  Our  thoughts,  before  they  are  our  own, 
Are  to  our  God  diftinctly  known  : 
He  knows  the  words  we  mean  to  fpeak, 
Ere  from  our  op'ning  lips  they  break. 

3  Within  thy  circling  power  we  Hand  ; 
On  every  fide  we  find  thy  hand  : 
Awake,  afleep,  at  home,  abroad, 
We  are  furrounded  Hill  with  God. 

4  Amazing  knowledge,  vaft  and  great ! 
What  large  extent !  what  lofty  height ! 
Our  fouls,  with  all  the  pow'rs  they  boaft, 
Are  in  the  boundlefs  profpec\  loll. 

D  2 


HYMN  46.  [part  it, 

5  O  may  thefe  thoughts  pofTefs  our  breaft, 
Where-e'er  we  rove,  where-e'er  we  reft  ! 
Nor  let  our  weaker  paflions  dare 
Confent  to  fin  ;  for  God  is  there. 


6  Could  we  fo  falfe,  fo  faithlefs  prove, 
To  quit  thy  fervice  and  thy  love, 
Where,  Lord,  could  we  thy  prefence  fhun, 
Or  from  thy  dreadful  glory  run  ? 

7  If  mounted  on  a  morning-ray 
We  fly  beyond  the  weftern  lea, 
Thy  fwifter  hand  would  firft  arrive, 
And  there  arrefl  the  fugitive. 

8  Or  mould  we  try  to  fhun  thy  fight 
Beneath  the  fpreading  veil  of  night, 
One  glance  of  thine,  one  piercing  ray, 
Would  kindle  darknefs  into  day. 

9  The  veil  of  night  is  no  difguife, 

No  fcreen  from  thine  all-fearching  eyes  ; 
Thy  hand  can  feize  thy  foes  as  foon 
Thro'  midnight-mades  as  blazing  noon. 

10  Midnight  and  noon  in  this  agree, 
Great  God,  they  're  both  alike  to  thee  ; 
Not  death  can  hide  what  thou  wilt  fpy, 
And  hell  lies  naked  to  thine  eye. 

1 1  O  may  thefe  thoughts  polTefs  our  breaft, 
Where-e'er  we  rove,  where-e'er  we  reft  I 
\Tor  let  our  weaker  paflions  dare 
Confent  to  fin  ;  for  God  is  there. 


sec*.  S.]  HYMN  47,  48.  43 

Hymn   47.     L.   M. 
God  the  intellecfhial  light. 

1  PRAISE  to  the  Lord  of  boundlefs  might, 
With  uncreated  glories  bright  ! 

His  prefence  gilds  the  world  above  ; 
Th'  unchanging  fource  of  light  and  love» 

2  Our  rifing  earth  his  eye  beheld, 
When  in  fubftantial  darknefs  veil'd  ; 
The  fhapelefs  chaos,  nature's  womb. 
Lay  bury'd  in  eternal  gloom. 

3  Let  there  be  light  !  Jehovah  faid, 
And  light  o'er  all  its  face  was  fpread : 
Nature,  array'd  in  charms  unknown, 
Gay  with  its  new-born  luftre  Ihone. 

4  He  fees  the  mind,  when  loll  it  lies 
In  Ihades  of  ignorance  and  vice  ; 
And  darts  from  heav'n  a  vivid  ray, 
And  changes  midnight  into  day. 

5  Our  fouls  reviv'd  by  heav'n-born  light, 
Shall  be  in  all  thy  image  bright, 
While  all  our  faculties  fhall  join 

To  praife  the  Lord  of   light  divine. 


Hymn  48.     l.  m. 
God  the  leader  of  his  people, 

1  O  GOD  of  our  forefathers  !  hear, 
And  make  thy  faithful  mercies  known^ 
While  we  with  confidence  draw  near, 
And  place  our  trull  on  thee  alone. 

2  Arife,  as  in  the  ancient  days, 
(The  ancient  annals  fpeak  thy  fame) 


44  HYMN  49.  [part  n. 

Be  now  omnipotently  nigh, 
To  endlefs  ages  flill  the  fame. 

3  From  Egypt  when  thy  chofen  race 
Triumphant  urg'd  their  wondrous  way, 
Divinely  led,  behold  they  pafs 

Th'  unwatry  deep,  the  empty'dfea: 

4  At  diftance  heap'd  on  either  hand, 
Yielding  a  ftrange  unbeaten  road, 
In  cryftal  walls  the  waters  ftand, 
And  own  the  arm  of  Ifrael's  God. 

5  That  arm,  which  is  not  fhorten'd  now, 
Which  wants  not  now  the  pow'r  to  fave, 
Shall,  prefent  with  thy  people  Hill, 
Bear  them  o'er  life's  tumultuous  wave. 

6  By  earth  and  hell  purfu'd  in  vain, 
To  thee  thy  chofen  feed  mail  come, 
Shouting,  their  heav'nly  Canaan  gain, 
And  pafs  thro'  death  triumphant  home. 


Hymn  49.     c.  m„ 
God's  dominion    and  decrees. 

KEEP  filence,  all  created  things, 

And  own  your  maker  God  ! 
Gur  trembling  fouls  with  awe  profound, 

Would  fpread  his  name  abroad. 

Life,  death,  and  hell,  and  worlds  unknown 

Hang  on  his  firm  decree  ; 
He  fits  on  no  precarious  throne, 

Nor  borrows  leave  to  be. 

Unnumber'd  ages  -ere  the  fkies 
Were  into  motion  brought, 


sect.  3.]    .         HYMN  50. 

Whate'er  through  endlefs  years  (hould  rife 
Stood  prefent  to  his  thought. 

4  His  mighty  voice  bade  ancient  night 

Her  endlefs  realms  refign  ; 
And  lo  !   ten  thoufand  globes  of  light 
In  fields  of  azure  mine. 

5  There's  not  a  fparrow  nor  a  worm, 

O'erlook'd  in  his  decrees  : 
He  raifes  monarchs  to  a  throne, 
Or  finks  with  equal  eafe. 

6  If  light  attend  the  courfe  we  go, 

5Tis  he  provides  the  rays  ; 
And  'tis  his  hand  that  hides  the  fun, 
If  darknefs  cloud  our  days. 

7  Trufting  thy  wifdom,  God  of  love ! 

We  would  not  wifh  to  know 
What  in  the  book  of  thy  decrees 
Awaits  us  here  below. 

8  Be  this  alone  our  fervent  pray'r, 

Whate'er  our  lot  fhall  be : 
Or  joys  or  forrows,  may  they  form 
Our  fouls  for  heav'n,  and  thee  ! 


Hymn  50.     c.   m. 

The  eternal  dominion  of  God. 

5  GREAT  God,  how  infinite  art  thou  ! 
How  frail  and  weak  are  we  I 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praife  to  thee. 

%  Thy  throne  eternal  ages  flood, 
Ere  earth  or  heav'n  was  made  \ 


46  HYMN  51.  [part  rfc 

Thou  art  the  ever-living  God, 
Were  all  the  nations  dead. 

3  Nature  and  time  quite  naked  lie 

To  thine  immenfe  furvey, 

From  the  formation  of  the  Iky, 

To  the  great  burning  day. 

4  Eternity,  with  all  its  years, 

Stands  prefent  in  thy  view  ; 
To  thee  there's  nothing  old  appears  ; 
Great  God  !   there's  nothing  new. 

5  Our  lives  through  varying  fcenes  are  drawn, 

And  vex'd  with  trifling  cares, 
While  thine  eternal  thought  moves  on 
Thine  undifturb'd  affairs. 

6  Great  God,  how  infinite  art  thou  ! 

How  frail  and  weak  are  we  ! 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praife  to  thee. 


Hymn  51.     l.  m. 

God  eternal  and  unchangeable. 

1  ALL-pow'rful,  felf-exiftent  God, 
Who  all  creation  doll  fuftain  ! 
Thou  waft,  and  art,  and  art  to  come, 
And  everlafting  is  thy  reign. 

2  Fix'd  and  eternal  as  thy  days, 
Each  glorious  attribute  divine, 
Thro'  ages  infinite,  (hall  ftill 
With  undiminifrVd  luftre  mine. 

3  Fountain  of  being,  fource  of  good  I 
Immutable  doit  thou  remain  ; 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  52.  47 

Nor  can  the  fhadow  of  a  change 
Obfcure  the  glories  of  thy  reign. 

4  Nature  her  order  fhall  reverfe, 
Revolving  feafons  ceafe  their  round  ; 
Nor  fpring  appear  with  blooming  pride, 
Nor  autumn  be  with  plenty  crown' d  : 

5  Yon  mining  orbs  forget  their  courfe, 
The  fun  his  deftin'd  path  forfake, 
And  burning  defolation  mark 
Amid  the  world  his  wand' ring  track  : 

6  Earth  may  with  all  her  pow'rs  diflblve. 
If  fuch  the  great  Creator's  will  : 

But  thou  for  ever  art  the  fame, 
I  AM  is  thy  memorial  ftill. 


Hymn  52.      p.  m. 
The  unrivalled  power  and  dominion  of  God. 

1  JEHOVAH  reigns  !  let  every  nation  hear, 
And  at  his  footflool  bow  with  holy  fear  ; 
Let  heavVs  high  arches  echo  with  his  name, 
And  the  wide-peopl'd  earth  his  praife  proclaim ; 

Then  fend  it  down  to  hell's  deep  glooms  re- 
founding, 

Through  all  her  caves  in  dreadful  murmurs 
founding. 

2  He  rules  with  wide  and  abfolute  command, 
O'er  the  broad  ocean  and  the  ileadfaft  land  ; 
Jehovah  reigns,  unbounded  and  alone, 
And  all  creation  hangs  upon  his  throne. 

He  reigns  alone  ;  let  no  inferior  nature 
Ufurp,  or  (hare  the  throne  of  the  Creator. 


48  HYMN  53.  [part  ii. 

3  This  earthly  globe,  the  creature  of  a  day, 
Though  built  by  God's  right  hand,  muft  pafs 

away  ; 
And  long  oblivion  creep  o'er  mortal  things, 
The  fate  of  empires  and  the  pride  of  kings : 
Eternal  night  shall  veil  their  proudeft  ftory , 
And  drop  the  curtain  o'er  all  human  glory. 

4?  The    fun  himfelf,  with  gathering  clouds  op- 
preft, 
Shall  in  his  filent,  dark  pavilion  reft  ; 
His  golden  urn  fhall  break,  and  ufelefs  lie, 
Amid  the  common  ruins  of  the  fky  ; 
The  ftars  rufh  headlong  in  the  wild  commotion, 
And  bathe  their  glitt'ring  foreheads  in  the  ocean. 

o  But  fix'd,  O  God  !   for  ever  ftands  thy  throne: 
Jehovah  reigns,  a  univerfe  alone  : 
Th'  eternal  fire  that  feeds  each  vital  flame, 
Collected,  or  diffus'd,  is  ftill  the  fame  : 
He  dwells  within  his  own  unfathom'd  efTence, 
And  fills  all  fpace  with  his  unbounded  prefence. 

6  But  oh  !   our  higheft  notes  the  theme  debafe, 
And  filence  is  our  leaft  injurious  praife  : 
Ceafe,  ceafe,  your  fongs,  the  daring  flight  con. 

trol  ; 
Revere  him  in  the  ftillnefs  of  the  foul  : 
With  filent  duty  meekly  bend  before  him, 
And  deep  within  your  inmoft  hearts  adore  him. 


Hymn  53.     l.   m. 
Providence    and    Grace. 

1   THY  providence  fupplies  our  food, 
And  'tis  thy  blefling  makes  it  good  ; 


sect.  S.j  HYMN  54,  49 

Our  fouls  are  nourifh'd  by  thy  word — ■ 
Let  foul  and  body  praife  the  Lord. 

2  Our  ftreams  of  outward  comfort  came 
From  him  who  built  this  earthly  frame  ; 
Whate'er  we  want  his  mercies  give, 

By  whom  our  fouls  for  ever  live. 

3  Either  his  hand  preferves  from  pain, 
Or,  if  we  feel  it,  heals  again  ; 
From  outward  evils  fhields  our  breaft, 
Or  over-rules  it  for  the  beft. 

4  Forgive  the  fong  that  falls  fo  low- 
Beneath  the  gratitude  we  owe  : 

It  meant  thy  praife,  however  poor— 
An  angel's  fong  can  do  no  more. 

Hymn  54.     c.  m. 

God  every  where  the  refuge  of  his  servants, 

1  HOW  are  thy  fervants  bleft,  O  Lord  ! 

How  fure  is  their  defence  1 
Eternal  wifdom  is  their  guide, 
Their  help  omnipotence. 

2  In  foreign  realms,  and  lands  remote, 

Supported  by  thy  care, 
They  pafs  unhurt,  thro*  burning  climes, 
And  breathe  in  tainted  air. 

3  Thy  mercy  fweetens  ev'ry  foil, 

Makes  ev'ry  region  pleafe  ; 
The  hoary  frozen  hills  it  warms, 
And  fmooths  the  bois'trous  feas. 

4  Tho'  by  the  dreadful  tempeft  tofs'd 

High  on  the  broken  wave, 

E 


50  HYMN  55.  [part  ij. 

They  know  thou  art  not  flow  to  hear, 
Nor  impotent  to  fave. 

5  The  ftorm  is  laid,  the  winds  retire, 

Obedient  to  thy  will  : 
The  fea,  that  roars  at  thy  command, 
At  thy  command  is  ftill. 

6  From  all  our  griefs  and  ftraits,  O  Lord  ! 

Thy  mercy  fets  us  free, 
While  in  the  confidence  of  pray'r 
Our  hearts  take  hold  on  thee. 

V  In  midft  of  dangers,  fears,  and  death, 
Thy  goodnefs  we'll  adore  ; 
And  praife  thee  for  thy  mercies  paft, 
And  humbly  hope  for  more. 

8  Our  lives,  while  thou  preferv'ft  our  hves, 
Thy  facrifice  fhall  be  ; 
And  O  may  death,  when  death  fhall  come, 
Unite  our  fouls  to  thee  ! 


Hymn  55*     61.  l.  m. 

God  our  fhepher  J. 

THE  Lord  my  paflure  fhall  prepare, 
And  feed  me  with  a  fhepherd's  care  : 
His  prefence  fhall  my.  wants  fupply, 
And  guard  me  with  a  watchful  eye  : 
My  noon-day  walks  he  will  attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend. 

When  in  the  fultry  glebe  I  faint, 
Or  on  the  thirfty  mountain  pant ; 
To  fertile  vales  and  dewy  meads, 
My  weary,  wand* ring  fleps  he  leads. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  56.  '    51 

Where  peaceful  rivers,  foft  and  flow, 
Amid  the  verdant  landfcape  flow. 

3  Tho'  in  a  bare  and  rugged  way, 
Thro'  devious,  lonely  wilds  I  ftray, 
Thy  bounty  fhall  my  pains  beguile  : 
The  barren  wildernefs  fhall  fmile, 

With  fudden  greens  and  herbage  crown'd, 
And  ftreams  mall  murmur  all  around. 

4  Tho'  in  the  paths  of  death  I  tread, 
With  gloomy  horrors  overfpread, 
My  iledfaft  heart  fhall  fear  no  ill, 
For  thou,  O  Lord  !  art  with  me  ftill ; 
Thy  friendly  crook  fhall  give  me  aid, 
And  guide  me  thro'  the  dreadful  made. 


Hymn  56.      c.  m. 

The  blefSngs  of  Providence. 

1  ALMIGHTY  Father  !   gracious  Lord  ! 

Kind  guardian  of  our  days  ! 
Thy  mercies  let  our  hearts  record 
In  fongs  of  grateful  praife. 

2  In  life's  fir  ft  dawn,  our  tender  frame 

Was  thy  indulgent  care, 
Long  ere  we  could  pronounce  thy  name, 
Or  breathe  our  infant  pray'r. 

3  When  reafon  with  our  liature  grew, 

How  weak  her  brighteft  ray  L 
How  little  of  our  God  we  knew  ! 
How  apt  from  thee  to  flray  I 

4  Around  our  path  what  dangers  rofe  ! 

What  fnares  o'erfpread  our  road  l 


52  HYMN  57.  iartiiO 

No  power  could  guard  us  from  our  foes, 
But  our  preferver,  God. 

5  When  life  hung  trembling  on  a  breath, 

'Twas  thy  unceafing  love 
That  fav'd  us  from  impending  death, 
And  bade  our  fears  remove. 

6  Lord,  when  this  mortal  frame  decays, 

-And  every  weaknefs  dies, 
Complete  the  wonders  of  thy  grace, 
And  raife  us  to  the  fides. 

7  Then  fhall  our  joyful  powers  unite 

In  more  exalted  lays  ; 
And  join  the  happy  fons  of  light 
In  everlafting  praife. 


Hymn  57.     c.  m. 
Eternity  of  God. 

1  O  THOU  the  firft,  the  greatefl  friend 

Of  all  the  human  race  ! 
Whofe  ftrong  right  hand  has  ever  been 
Their  flay  and  dwelling  place  ! 

2  Before  the  mountains  heav'd  their  heads 

Beneath  thy  forming  hand  ; 
Before  this  pond'rous  globe  itfelf 
Arofe  at  thy  command  ; 

3  That  pow'r  which  rais'd,  and  ftill  upholds 

This  univerfal  frame, 
From  countlefs,  unbeginning  time, 
Was  ever  flill  the  fame. 

4  Thofe  mighty  periods  of  years, 

Which  feem  to  us  fo  vaft, 


sectv'3.]  HYMN  5S.  53 

Appear  no  more  before  thy  fighty 
Than  yefterday  that's  pall, 


Hymn  58.      c.   m. 

The  creation  of  the  world. 

1  LET  heav'n  arife,  let  earth  appear  1 

Said  the  Almighty  Lord  : 
The  heav'ns  arofe,  the  earth  appear'd 
At  his  creating  word. 

2  Thick  darknefs  brooded  o'er  the  deep  i 

God  faid,  Let  there  be  light  ! 
The  light  fhone  forth  with  fmiling  ray? 
And  fcatter'd  ancient  night. 

3  He  bade  the  clouds  afcend  on  high  r- 

The  clouds  afcend,  and  bear 
A  wat'ry  treafure  to  the  fky, 
And  float  upon  the  air. 

4*  The  liquid  element  below 

Was  gather'd  by  his  hand, 
The  rolling  feas  together  flow, 
And  leave  the  folid  land. 

5  With  herbs,  and  plants,  and  fruitful  tree: 

The  new-form'd  globe  he  crown'd, 
Ere  there  was  rain  to  blefs  the  foily 
Or  fun  to  warm  the  ground. 

6  Then  high  in  heav'n's  refplendent  arch 

He  plac'd  thofe  orbs  of  light  ; 

He  caused  the  fun  to  rule  the  day, 

The  moon  to  rule  the  night. 

1  Next,  from  the  deep,  th'  almighty  king) 
Did  vital  beings  frame  j 

E  2 


54-  HYMN  59-  [par»  ti. 

Fowls  of  the  air  of  ev'ry  wing, 
And  fiih  of  ev'ry  name. 

8  To  all  the  various  brutaHribes, 

He  gave  their  wondrous  birth; 
At  once  the  lion  and  the  worm 
Sprang  from  the  teeming  earth. 

9  Then,  chief  o'er  all  his  works  below, 

At  laft  was  Adam  made. 
His  Maker's  image  blefs'd  his  foul, 
And  glory  crown'd  his  head. 

10  Fair  in  th'  almighty  Maker's  eye, 

The  whole  creation  ftood  ; 
He  view'd  the  fabric  he  had  rais'd  j 
Hisvword  pronounc'd  it  good. 


Hymn  59.      c.  m. 
Creation  of  man. 

1  A  GOD,  a  God,  the  wide  earth  ihouts  :• 

A  God  !    the  heav'ns  reply  : 
He  moulded  in  his  palm  the  world, 
And  hung  it  in  the  fky. 

2  "  Let  us  make  man" — with  beauty  clad, 

And  health  in  ev'ry  vein, 
And  reafon  thron'd  upon  his  brow, 
Stepp'd  forth  majeftic  man. 

3  Around  he  turns  his  wond'ring  eyes, 

All  nature's  works  furveys  ; 
Admires  the  earth,  the  fldes,  himfelf ! 
And  tries  his  tongue  in  praife. 

4  Ye  hills,  and  vales  !  ye  meads  and  woods  I 

Sun  !  with  o'erpow'ring  glare, 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  60.  55 

Fair  creatures,  tell  me,  if  ye  can, 
From  whence,  and  what  we  are  ? 

5  What  parent  pow'r,  all  great  and  good, 
Do  thefe  around  me  own  ? 
Tell  me,  creation,  tell  me  how 
T*  adore  the  vaft  unknown  ! 


Hymn  60.     c.  m. 
The  firft  and  fecond  coming  of  Chrift 

1  SING  to  the  Lord,  ye  diftant  lands  ! 

Ye  tribes  of  ev'ry  tongue  ! 
His  new-difcover'd  grace  demands 
A  new  and  nobler  fong. 

2  Say  to  the  nations,  Jefus  came, 

A  guilty  world  to  fave  ; 
From  vice  and  error  to  reclaim, 
And  refcue  from  the  grave. 

3  Let  heav'n  proclaim  the  joyful  day  ; 

Joy  through  the  earth  be  feen  ; 
Let  cities  mine  in  bright  array, 
And  fields  in  cheerful  green. 

i  With  pleafure  lift  your  wond'iing  eyes, 
Ye  iflands  of  the  fea  ! 
Ye  mountains  !  fink  ;  ye  valleys  !  rife  5 
Prepare  the  Saviour's  way. 

5  Behold  he  corneal  he  comes  to  blefs- 

The  nations  from  their  God  ; 
To  mew  the  world  his  righteoufnefs, 
And  fend  his  truth  abroad. 

6  Again  he  comes,  with  pow'rful  voice, 

To  wake  the  num'rous  dead, 


56  HYMN  61.  [part 

And  call  his  churches  to  rejoice 
With  their  exalted  head. 

7  When  he,  who  is  our  life,  draws  near, 
And  all  his  glory  view, 
His  faithful  fervants  fhall  appear 
With  him  in  glory  too. 


Hymn  61.     l.  m. 

Chrift  the  image  of  the  invisible  God. 

1  THOU,  Lord,  by  mortal  eyes  unfeen, 
And  by  thy  offspring  here,  unknown, 
To  manifelt  thyfelf  to  men, 

Hail  fet  thy  image  in  thy  Son. 

2  As  the  bright  fun's  meridian  blaze 
CVerwhelms  and  pains  our  feeble  fight, 
But  cheers  us  with  his  fofter  rays 
When  mining  with  refle&ed  light ; 

3  So  in  thy  Son  thy  powr  divine, 
Thy  wifdom,  juftice,  truth,  and  love 
With  mild  and  pleafmg  luftre  mine, 
Reflected  from  thy  throne  above. 

4  Though  Jews  who  granted  not  his  claim, 
Contemptuous  turn'd  away  their  face  ; 
Yet  thofe,  who  trailed  in  his  name, 
Beheld  in  him  thy  truth  and  grace. 

5  O  thou  !  at  whofe  almighty  word 
Fair  light  at  firft  from  darknefs  fhone, 
Teach  us  to  know  our  glorious  Lord, 
And  trace  the  Father  in  the  Son. 

6  While  we,  thine  image  there  difplay'd. 
With  love  and  admiration  view, 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  62.  57 

Form  us  in  likenefs  to  our  head, 
That  we  may  bear  thy  image  too. 


Hymn   62.      s.   m. 
Chrift  the  light  of  the  world. 

BEHOLD,  the  Prince  of  peace  ! 
The  chofen  of  the  Lord, 
God's  well-beloved  fon,  fulfils 
The  fure  prophetic  word. 

No  royal  pomp  adorns 
This  king  of  righteoufnefs  : 
Meeknefs  and  patience,  truth  and  love, 
Compofe  his  princely  drefs. 

The  fpirit  of  the  Lord, 
In  rich  abundance  fhed, 
On  this  great  prophet  gently  lights, 
And  reils  upon  his  head. 

Jefus,  thou  light  of  men  ! 
Thy  doctrine  life  imparts  : 
O  may  we  feel  its  quick'ning  pow'r 
To  warm  and  glad  our  hearts  1 

Cheer'd  by  its  beams,  our  fouls 
Shall  run  the  heav  nly  way  : 
The  path  which  Chrift  unwearied  trod? 
Will  lead  to  endlefs  day. 


Hymn  63.    l.  m. 
The   kingdom   of  Chrift. 

2  GREAT  God  !  whofe  univerfal  fway 
The  known  and  unknown  worlds  obey  : 


58  HYMN  64.  [part  ii, 

Extend  the  kingdom  of  thy  fon, 
Till  ev'ry  land  his  laws  mall  own. 

2  They  form  to  righteoufnefs  the  mind. 
To  all  that's  candid,  gentle,  kind  ; 
Infpire  with  love  the  human  breaft, 
And  ftormy  paffions  footh  to  reft. 

4  As  gentle  rain  on  parching  ground, 
His  gofpel  fheds  its  influence  round  ; 
Its  grace  on  fainting  fouls  diftils, 
Like  heav'nly  dew  on  thirfty  hills. 

5  The  heathen  lands  that  lie  beneath 
The  fhades  of  darknefs  and  of  death, 
Revive  at  its  firft  dawning  light, 
And  deferts  bloffom  at  the  fight. 

6  His  throne  immoveable  mail  (land, 
Upheld  by  thine  almighty  hand  ; 

His  kingdom  ftretch  from  more  to  more 
Till  moons  fhall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 


Hymn  64*     h.  m. 

Fruitful  fliowers,  emblems  of  the  effects  of  the  gofpel, 

1  MARK  the  foft-falling  fnow, 
And  the  defcending  rain  ! 

To  heav'n  from  whence  it  fell, 
It  turns  not  back  again ; 

But  waters  earth 

Thro*  every  pore, 

And  calls  forth  all 

Her  fecret  (tore. 

2  Array'd  in  beauteous  green 
The  hills  and  vallies  fhine, 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  65.  59 

And  man  and  beaft  are  fed 
By  providence  divine  : 

The  harveft  bows 

Its  golden  ears, 

The  copious  feed 

Of  future  years. 

3     So,  faith  the  God  of  grace, 
My  gofpel  mall  defcend, 
Almighty  to  effect 
The  purpofe  I  intend  : 

Millions  of  fouls 

Shall  feel  its  pow'r, 

And  bear  it  down 

To  milltons  more. 


Hymn  65.     61.  l.  m, 
Jefus  Chrift. 

1  SAGES  of  ancient  letter'd  times  ! 
In  ev'ry  age,  and  diff'rent  climes, 

For  wifdom  fam'd  among  mankind^ 
Withdraw  your  thinly-fcatter'd  rays, 
Before  the  broad  o'erpow'ring  blaze 

Of  the  fupreme  eternal  mind. 

2  Mercy's  great  year,  in  heav'n  enroll'd, 
By  feers  fucceeding  feers  foretold, 

Was  now  with  folemn  pomp  unfeal'd  j 
Light  of  the  world,  Meffiah  came, 
In  his  almighty  Father's  name, 

And  immortality  reveal'd. 

3  Fill'd  with  his  Father  s  ftrength  he  taught ; 
The  dumb  in  rapture  fpeak  their  thought, 

The  lame  leap  like  the  bounding  roe  : 


60  HYMN  66.  [part 

The  raylefs  eyeballs  drink  the  light, 
Death  yields  his  spoils  to  Jefus'  might, 
And  demons  fhrink  to  fhades  below. 

4f  O  works  of  pow'r,  O  works  of  love, 
Ethereal  embaffage  to  prove, 

That  ev'ry  rifing  doubt  controul  ; 
Pledge  of  the  powr  and  love  moreftrong, 
Which  to  the  Son  of  God  belong, 
To  heal  the  miferies  of  the  foul. 

5  Prince  of  celeftial  peace,  to  thee 
Shall  bow  in  reverence  every  knee, 

From  ev'ry  mouth  thy  praifes  flow  ; 
All  thy  commands  are  mild  and  juft, 
Thy  promife  faithful  to  our  truft, 

Will  pardon,  peace,  and  heav'n  beftow. 


Hymn  66.      c.  m. 

The  mifllon  of  Jefus  Clirifb 

1  HARK  the  glad  found  !  the  Saviour  comes  ! 

The  Saviour  promis'd  long  ! 
Let  ev'ry  heart  a  throne  prepare, 
And  ev'ry  voice  a  fong. 

2  On  him  the  fpirit  largely  pour'd, 

Exerts  its  holy  fire  ; 
Wifdom,  and  pow'r,  and  zeal,  and  love 
His  facred  breaft  infpire. 

3  He  comes,  the  pris'ners  to  releafe, 

In  wretched  bondage  held  : 
The  gates  of  brafs  before  him  burft, 
The  iron  fetters  yield. 


s-ect.  3.]  HYMN  67o  61 

4  He  comes  from  thickeft  films  of  vice 

To  clear  the  mental  ray  ; 
And  on  the  eye-balls  of  the  blind. 
To  pour  celeftial  day. 

5  He  comes,  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 

The  wounded  foul  to  cure  ; 
And,  with  the  treafures  of  his  grace, 
Enrich  the  humble  poor. 

6  Our  fongs  of  joy  and  gratitude 
His  welcome  mail  proclaim  : 
Hail  to  the  prince  of  pesce,  who  comes 
In  God  our  father's  name  ! 


Hymn  67.     h.  m. 

Chrift  feen  of  angels, 

O  YE  immortal  throng 
Of  angels  round  the  throne  ! 
Join  with  our  feeble  fong 
To  make  the  Saviour  known 

On  earth  ye  knew 

His  wondrous  grace, . 

His  radiant  face 

In  heaven  ye  view. 

Ye  faw  the  heav'n-born  child 
In  fimpleft  form  array'd, 
Benevolent  and  mild, 
While  in  the  manger  laid  : 

And  praife  to  God, 

And  peace  on  earth, 

For  fuch  a  birth, 

Proclaim'd  aloud.- 


62  HYMN  67.  [part  ii. 

3  Ye  in  the  wildernefs 
Beheld  the  tempter  fpoil'd, 
Well  known  in  every  drefs, 
In  every  combat  foil'd  : 

And  joy  d  to  crown 
The  victor's  head, 
When  Satan  fled 
Before  his  frown. 

4  Around  the  bloody  tree 

Ye  prefs'd  with  ftrong  defire, 
That  wondrous  fight  to  fee, 
The  Lord  of  life  expire  ; 

And  could  your  eyes 

Have  known  a  tear, 

Had  dropp'd  it  there 

In  fad  furprife. 

5  Around  his  facred  tomb 
A  willing  watch  ye  keep  ; 
Till  the  bleft  moment  come 
To  roufe  him  from  his  fleep  : 

Then  roll'd  the  ftone, 
And  all  ador'd 
Your  rifing  Lord 
With  joy  unknown. 

6  When  all  array'd  in  light 
The  ir.ining  conqu'ror  rode, 
Ye  hail'd  his  rapt'rous  flight 
Up  to  the  throne  of  God  ; 

And  wav'd  around 
Your  golden  wings, 
And  ilruck  your  firings 
Of  fweeteit  found. 


sect.  3.  J  HYMN  68.  63 

7     The  warbling  notes  purfue, 
And  louder  anthems  raife  ; 
While  mortals  fing  with  you 
Their  own  Redeemer's  praife  ; 

And  thou,  my  heart, 

With  equal  flame, 

And  joy  the  fame* 

Perform  thy  part. 


Hymn   68.     c.  m. 
The  light  and  glory   of  God's  word. 

WHAT  glory  gilds  the  facred  page, 

Majeftic  like  the  fun  \ 
It  gives  a  light  to  ev'ry  age, 

It  gives,  but  borrows  none. 

H  is  hand  that  gave  it,  ftill  fupplies 
His  gracious  light  and  heat  ; 

His  truths  upon  the  nations  rife, 
They  rife,  but  never  fet. 

Let  everlafting  thanks  be  thine, 
For  fuch  a  bright  djfplay, 

As  makes  a  world  of  darknefs  mine 
With  beams  of  heav'nly  day. 

My  foul  rejoices  to  purfue 

The  paths  of  truth  and  love  ; 

Till  glory  breaks  upon  my  view 
In  brighter  worlds  above, 


64  HYMN  69, 70.  [part  n, 

Hymn  69.  j  l.   m. 

Faith  in  the  invifible  God. 

1  ETERNAL  and  immortal  King  ! 
Thy  peerlefs  fplendours  none  can  bear  ; 
But  darknefs  veils  feraphic  eyes, 
When  God  with  all  his  glory's  there. 

2  Yet  faith  can  pierce  the  awful  gloom, 
The  great  Invifible  can  fee  ; 

And  with  its  tremblings  mingle  joy, 
In  fix'd  regards,  great  God  !  to  thee  ! 

3  Then  ev'ry  tempting  form  of  fin, 
Aw'd  by  thy  prefence,  difappears  ; 
And  all  the  glowing  raptur'd  foul 
The  likenefs  it  contemplates,  wears. 

4  O  ever  confcious  to  my  heart  ! 
Witnefs  to  its  fupreme  defire  : 
Behold  it  preffes  on  to  thee, 

For  it  hath  caught  the  heav'nly  fire. 

5  This  one  petition  would  it  urge — - 
To  bear  thee  ever  in  its  fight, 

In  life,  in  death,  in  worlds  unknown, 
Its  only  portion  and  delight  1 


Hymn  70.     l.   m. 

Imitation  of  God. 

GREAT  God  !   thy  peerlefs  excellence 
Let  all  created  natures  own  : 
Deep  on  our  minds  imprefs  the  fenfe 
Of  glories,  which  are  thine  alone. 


sect.  3.  J  HYMN  71.  65 

2  Let  thefe  our  admiration  raife, 
And  fill  us  with  religious  awe  : 

Tune  all  our  hearts  and  tongues  to  praifer 
And  bend  us  to  thy  holy  law. 

3  But  where  we  may  refemble  thee, 
And  in  thy  godlike  nature  fhare  ; 
Thine  humble  followers  let  us  be, 
And  fomewhat  of  thy  likenefs  bear, 

4  Pure  may  we  be,  averfe  from  fin, 
Juft,  holy,  merciful,  and  true  ; 
And  let  thine  image,  form'd  within^ 
Shine  out  in  all  we  fpeak  and  do, 


Hymn   7T.     l.   m- 
The  example  of  Chrift. 

1  AND  is  the  gofpel  peace  and  love  ? 
So  let  our  converfation  be  ; 

The  ferpent  blended  with  the  dove-, 
"Wifdom  and  meek  fimplicity. 

2  Whene'er  the  angry  pafHons  rife, 

And  tempt  our  thoughts  or  tongues  to  ftrife= 
On  Jefus  let  us  fix  our  eyes, 
Bright  pattern  of  the  chriftian  life  ! 

3  O  how  benevolent  and  kind  ! 
How  mild  !  how  ready  to  forgive  I 
Be  his  the  temper  of  our  mind, 
And  his  the  rules  by  which  we  live, 

4>  To  do  his  heav'nly  Father's  will, 
Was  his  employment  and  delight  : 
Humanity  and  holy  zeal 
Shone  through  his  life  divinely  bright  ! 

F  2 


66  HYMN  72.  [PART  n, 

5  Difpenfing  good  where'er  he  came, 
The  labours  of  his  life  were  love  : 
If  then  we  love  our  Saviour's  name, 
Let  his  divine  example  move. 


Hymn   72.     c.   m. 
The  example  of  Jefus. 

1  BEHOLD,  where  in  a  mortal  form 

Appears  each  grace  divine  ; 
The  virtues  all  in  Jefus  met, 
With  mildest  radiance  fhine. 

2  To  fpread  the  rays  of  heav'nly  light, 

To  give  the  mourner  joy, 
To  preach  glad  tidings  to  the  poor, 
Was  his  divine  employ. 

3  Lowly  in  heart,  to  all  his  friends 

A  friend  and  fervant  found, 
He  walh'd  their  feet,  he  wip'd  their  tears5 
And  heal'd  each  bleeding  wound. 

4  'Midft  keen  reproach,  and  cruel  fcorn, 

Patient  and  meek  he  ftood  ; 
His  foes,  ungrateful,  fought  his  life  ; 
He  labour'd  for  their  good. 

5  To  God  he  left  his  righteous  caufe, 

And  ilill  his  talk  purfu'd  ; 
'  While  humble  pray'r,  and  holy  faith 
His  fainting  ftrength  renew'd. 

6  In  the  laft  hour  of  deep  diftrefs, 

Before  his  Father's  throne, 
With  foul  refign'd  he  bow'd,  and  faid3 
"  Thy  will,  not  mine,  be  done  !" 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  73,  7*.  67 

7  Be  Chrift  our  pattern,  and  our  guide  i 
His  image  may  we  bear  ! 
O  may  we  tread  bis  boiy  Heps, 
His  joy  and  glory  ihare  I 


Hymn  73.     7s.  m. 
Chrift  rifen,  and  death  vanquished. 

1  ANGEL,  roll  the  rock  away  ! 
Death,  yield  up  thy  mighty  prey  ! 
See,  he  rifes  from  the  tomb, 
Glowing  in  immortal  bloom  ! 

2  Shout,  ye  faints,  in  rapt'rous  fong, 
Let  the  notes  be  fweet  and  ftrong  j 
Hail  the  Son  of  God,  this  morn 
From  his  fepulchre  new-born. 

3  Powers  of  heav'n,  celeftial  choirs, 
Sing,  and  fweep  your  founding  lyres  ; 
Sons  of  men,  in  joyful  ftrain, 

Hail  your  mighty  Saviour's  reign  ! 

4  Ev'ry  note  with  wonder  fwell, 
And  the  Saviour's  triumph  tell  ; 
Where,  O  death,  is  now  thy  fting  ? 

Where  thy  terrors,  vanquifh  d  king?— Hallelujah, 

Hymn  74.      s*  m. 

The  right  and  duty  of  private  judgment. 

1    IMPOSTURE  fhrinks  from  light, 
And  dreads  the  curious  eye  : 
But  facred  truths  the  teft  invite. 
They  bid  us  fearch  and  try. 


88  HYMN  75.  [part  ii. 

2  O  may  we  ftill  maintain 
A  meek  inquiring  mind  j 

AfTur'd  we  mail  not  fearch  in  vain, 
But  hidden  treafures  find* 

3  With  underftanding  bleft, 
Created  to  be  free, 

Our  faith  on  man  we  dare  not  reft, 
Subject  to  none  but  thee. 

4  Lord,  give  the  light  we  need  ; 
With  foundeft  knowledge  fill  ; 

From  noxious  error  guard  our  creed, 
From  prejudice  our  will. 


Hymn  75.     l.   m. 

Devotion  vain  without  virtue. 

1  TH'  uplifted  eye,  and  bended  knee, 
Are  but  vain  homage,  Lord,  to  thee  ; 
In  vain  our  lips  thy  praife  prolong, 
The  heart  a  flranger  to  the  fong. 

2  Can  rites,  and  forms,  and  flaming  zeal, 
The  breaches  of  thy  precepts  heal  ? 
Or  fails  and  penance  reconcile 

Thy  juftice,  and  obtain  thy  fmile  ? 

3  The  pure,  the  humble,  contrite  mind, 
Sincere,  and  to  thy  will  refign'd, 

To  thee  a  nobler  offering  yields, 

Than  Sheba's  groves,  or  Sharon's  fields. 

4"  Love  God  and  man — this  great  command 
Doth  on  eternal  pillars  fland  : 
This  did  thine  ancient  prophets  teach, 
This  did  the  great  Mefiiah  preach. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  76,  77.  69 

Hymn  76.     1*.   m. 

Candour. 

1  ALL-SEEING  God  !   'tis  thine  to  know 
The  fprings  whence  wrong  opinions  flow  ; 
To  judge,  from  principles  within, 

When  frailty  errs,  and  when  we  fin. 

2  Who  among  men,  great  Lord  of  all  ! 
Thy  fervant  to  his  bar  (hall  call  ? 
Judge  him,  for  modes  of  faith,  thy  foe, 
And  doom  him  to  the  realms  of  woe  ? 

3  Who  with  another's  eye  can  read  ? 
Or  wormip  by  another's  creed  ? 
Trufting  thy  grace,  we  form  our  own  ; 
And  bow  to  thy  commands  alone. 

4  If  wrong,  correct  ;  accept,  if  right, 
While  faithful  we  improve  our  lightj 
Condemning  none,  but  zealous  ftiU 
To  learn  and  follow  all  thy  will. 


Hymn  77.    s.  m. 
Chriftian  unity. 

1  LET  party  names  no  more 
The  Chriftian  world  o'erfpread  j 

Gentile  and  Jew,  and  bond  and  free2 
Are  one  in  Chrift  their  head. 

2  Among  the  faints  on  earth 
Let  mutual  love  be  found  5 

Heirs  of  the  fame  inheritance, 
With  mutual  bleffings  crown'd, 

J     Envy  and  iirife,  be  gone, 
And  only  kindnefs  known, 


70  HYMN  78,  79.  [part  ii. 

Where  all  one  common  father  have, 
One  common  mafter  own. 

4-     Thus  will  the  church  below 
Refemble  that  above  ; 
Where  fprings  of  pureft  pleafure  rife, 
And  every  heart  is  love. 


Hymn   78.     l.    m. 
Chriftian  zeal  tempered  by  charity. 

1  GREAT  God  !  whofe  all-pervading  eye 
Sees  ev'ry  paflion  in  my  foul  ! 

When  funk  too  low,  or  rais'd  too  high, 
Teach  me  thofe  paflions  to  control. 

2  Temper  the  fervours  of  my  frame  j 
Be  charity  their  conftam  fpring  ; 
And  O,  let  no  unhallow'd  flame 
Pollute  the  offerings  I  bring. 

3  Let  peace  with  piety  unite 
To  mend  the  bias  of  my  will  ; 

While  hope  and  heav'n-ey'd  faith  excite, 
And  wifdom  regulates,  my  zeal : 

4  That  wifdom  which  to  meeknefs  turns* 
Wifdom  defcending  from  above  ; 
And  let  my  zeal,  whene'er  it  burns, 
Be  kindled  by  the  fire  of  love. 


Hymn  79.    l.  m. 

The  properties  of  chriflian  charity. 

I   LET  men  of  high  conceit  and  zeal 
Their  fervour  and  their  faith  proclaim 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  80.  71 

If  charity  be  wanting  ftill, 

The  reft  is  but  a  founding  name. 

2  Knowledge  is  apt  to  bloat  the  mind, 
And  zeal  to  fet  the  world  on  fire  ; 
But  charity  is  calm  and  kind, 

And  gentle  thoughts  will  ftill  infpire. 

3  She's  meek  and  patient,  fufPring  long, 
And  flowly  her  refentments  rife  : 
Soon  fhe  forgets  the  greateft  wrong, 
And  rage  retires  and  malice  dies. 

4?  She  envies  none  their  better  ftate, 

But  makes  her  neighbour's  blifs  her  own  ; 
Nor  vaunts  herfelf  with  mind  elate, 
But  ftill  a  modeft  air  puts  on, 

5  This  is  the  grace  that  reigns  on  high, 
And  brightly  will  for  ever  burn  .; 
When  hope  mail  in  fruition  die, 
And  faith  to  fight  triumphant  turn. 


Hymn  80.    l.  m. 

Meeknefs. 

1  HAPPY  the  meek,  whofe  gentle  breaft, 
Clear  as  the  fummer's  ev'ning  ray, 
Calm  as  the  regions  of  the  bleft, 
Enjoys  on  earth  celeftial  day  ! 

2  His  heart  no  broken  friendfhips  fling, 
No  ftorms  his  peaceful  tent  invade  ; 
He  refts  beneath  th'  almighty  wings 
Hoftile  to  none,  of  none  afraid. 

S  Spirit  of  grace  !  all  meek  and  mild, 
Infpire  our  breafts,  our  fouls  poffefa  ; 


I  HY*r,T  8]    82.  [part  ii. 

Repel  each  p^ffi^n  rude  a>id  wild, 
And  blefs  us,  as  we  aim  to  blefs. 


Hymn  81.    t.  m. 

Chriftian  friendship. 

1  HOW  bleft  the  facred  tie  that  binds, 
In  anion  fweet,  according  minds  ! 
How  fwift  the  heav'nly  courfe  they  run, 
Whofe  hearts,  whofe  faith,  whofe  hopes  are  one 

2  To  each,  the  foul  of  each  how  dear  ! 
What  jealous  love,  what  holy  fear  ! 
How  doth  the  gen'rous  flame  within 
Refine  from  earth,  and  cleanfe  from  fin  ! 

3  Their  dreaming  eyes  together  flow 
For  human  guilt,  and  mortal  woe  ; 
Their  ardent  pray'rs  together  rife 
Like  mingling  flames  in  facrifice. 

4-  Together  both  they  feek  the  place 
Where  God  reveals  his  awful  face  : 
How  high,  how  ftrong,  their  raptures  fwell. 
There's  none  but  kindred  fouls  can  tell. 

5  Nor  fhall  the  glowing  flame  expire 
When  nature  droops  her  fick'ning  fire  ; 
Then  fhall  they  meet  in  realms  above, 
A  heav'n  of  joy — becaufe  of  love. 


Hymn  82.    c.  m. 

Chriftian  charity. 

1  BEHOLD,  where,  breathing  love  divine, 
Our  dying  matter  Hands  ! 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  82.  73 

His  weeping  foll'wers  gathering  round, 
Receive  his  lafl  commands. 

2  From  that  mild  teacher's  parting  lips 

What  tender  accents  fell  ! 
The  gentle  precept  which  he  gave 
Became  its  author  well. 

3  Blefl  is  the  man  whofe  foft'ning  heart 

Feels  all  another's  pain  ; 

To  whom  the  fupplicating  eye 

Was  never  rais'd  in  vain  : 

4  Whofe  breafl  expands  with  gen'rous  warmth 

A  ftranger's  woe  to  feel  ; 
And  bleeds  in  pity  o'er  the  wound 
He  wants  the  pow'r  to  heal. 

5  He  fpreads  his  kind  fupporting  arms 

To  ev'ry  child  of  grief  : 
His  fecret  bounty  largely  flows, 
And  brings  unafk;d  relief. 

6  To  gentle  offices  of  love 

His  feet  are  never  flow  : 
He  views  through  mercy's  melting  eye 
A  brother  in  a  foe. 

7  Peace  from  the  bofom  of  his  God, 

My  peace  to  him  I  give  ; 
And  when  he  kneels  before  his  throne* 
His  trembling  foul  fhall  live. 

S  To  him  protection  fhall  be  fhewn, 
And  mercy  from  above 
Defcend  on  thofe  who  thus  fulfil 
The  perfect  law  of  love. 

G 


7*  HYMN  83,  84.  [part 

Hymn  83.    7s.  m. 
Love  to  God  and  man*" 

1  FATHER  of  our  feeble  race, 

Wife,  beneficent,  and  kind, 
Spread  o'er  nature's  ample  face, 

Flows  thy  goodnefs  unconfm'd  : 
Mufing  in  the  filent  grove, 

Or  the  bufy  walks  of  men, 
Still  we  trace  thy  wond'rous  love, 

Claiming  large  returns  again. 

2  Lord,  what  off' rings  mall  we  bring, 

At  thine  altars  when  we  bow  ? 
Hearts,  the  pure,  unfillied  fpring, 

Whence  the  kind  affections  flow  ; 
Soft  compafiion's  feeling  foul, 

By  the  melting  eye  ex^refs'd  ; 
Sympathy,  at  whofe  control, 

Sorrow  leaves  the  wounded  breail  : 

3  Willing  hands  to  lead  the  blind, 

Bind  the  wound,  or  feed  the  poor  : 
Love,  embracing  all  our  kind, 

Charity,  with  lib'ral  ftore  : 
Teach  us,  O  thou  heav'nly  King, 

Thus  to  mow  our  grateful  mind? 
Thus  th'  accepted  ofPring  bring, 

Love  to  thee,  and  all  mankind. 


Hymn  84.     c.  m. 

Mutual  love. 

I   SWEET  is  the  love  that  mutual  glows 
Within  each  brother's  breaft  ; 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  85. 

And  binds  In  gentleft  bonds  each  heart, 
All  bleffing  and  all  bleft  : 

2  Sweet  as  the  od'rous  balfam  pour'd 

On  Aaron's  facred  head, 
Which  o'er  his  beard,  and  down  his  veil 
A  breathing  fragrance  (hed. 

3  Like  morning  dews  on  Sion's  mount 

That  fpread  their  filver  rays  ; 
And  deck  with  gems  the  verdant  pomp, 
Which  Hermon's  top  difplays. 

4  To  fuch  the  Lord  of  life  and  love 

His  blefling  fhall  extend  : 
On  earth  a  life  of  joy  and  peace, 
And  life  that  ne'er  ihall  end. 


Hymn  85.     x.   m, 
The  chriftian  warfare. 

1  AWAKE,  my  foul !  lift  up  thine  eyes 
See  where  thy  foes  againft  thee  rife, 

In  long  array,  a  num'rous  hoft  ; 
Awake,  my  foul !  or  thou  art  loft. 

2  Here  giant  danger  threat'ning  ftands, 
Muft'ring  his  pale  terrific  bands  ; 
There  pleafure's  filken  banner's  fpread, 
And  willing  fouls  are  captive  led. 

3  See  where  rebellious  paffions  rage, 
And  fierce  defires  and  lufts  engage  ; 
The  meaneft  foe  of  all  the  train 

Has  thoufands  and  ten  thoufands  flain, 

4>  Thou  tread'ft  upon  enchanted  ground  i 
Perils  and  fnares  befet  thee  round  ; 


76  HYMN  $6.  fart  h.] 

Beware  of  all,  guard  ev'ry  part, 
But  mod,  the  traitor  in  thy  heart. 

5  Come  then,  my  foul !   now  learn  to  wield 
The  weight  of  thine  immortal  mield  ; 
Put  on  the  armour  from  above 

Of  heav'nly  truth,  and  heav'nly  love. 

6  The  terror  and  the  charm  repel, 

And  pow'rs  of  earth,  and  pow'rs  of  hell  ; 
The  Man  of  Calv'ry  triumph'd  here  : 
Why  fhould  hi3  faithful  foll'wers  fear  ? 


Hymn  86.      c.  m. 

The  pilgrimage  of  life. 

1  OUR  country  is  Immanuel's  ground  ; 

We  feek  that  promis'd  foil  : 
The  fongs  of  Sion  cheer  our  hearts, 
While  Grangers  here  we  toil. 

2  Oft  do  our  eyes  with  joy  o'erflow, 

And  oft  are  bath'd  in  tears  ; 
Yet  nought  but  heaven  our  hopes  can  raife  ; 
And  nought  but  fin  our  fears. 

3  The  fiow'rs  that  fpring  along  the  road, 

We  fcarcely  ftoop  to  pluck  ; 

We  walk  o'er  beds  of  mining  ore, 

Nor  wafle  one  wifhful  look. 

4  We  tread  the  path  our  mailer  trod  : 

We  bear  the  crofs  he  bore  ; 
And  ev'ry  thorn  that  wounds  our  feet, 
His  temples  pierc'd  before. 

/»  Our  pow'rs  are  oft  diffolv'd  away, 
In  erftacies  of  love  ; 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  87. 

And  while  our  bodies  wander  here, 
Our  fouls  are  fix'd  above. 

6  We  purge  our  mortal  drofs  away, 
Refining  as  we  run  ; 
But  while  we  die  to  earth  and  fenfe, 
Our  heav'n  is  here  begun. 


Hymn  87.     c.  m. 
The  power  of  faith. 

1  FAITH  adds  new  charms  to  earthly  blifs* 

And  faves  us  from  its  fnares  ; 
Its  aid  in  ev'ry  duty  brings, 
And  foftens  all  our  cares  : 

2  Extinguishes  the  thirft  of  fin, 

And  lights  the  facred  fire 
Of  love  to  God,  and  heav'nly  things, 
And  feeds  the  pure  defire. 

3  The  wounded  confcience  knows  its  pow'jjj- 

The  healing  balm  to  give  ; 
That  balm  the  faddefl  heart  can  cheer^ 
And  make  the  dying  live. 

4<  Wide  it  unveils  celeftial  worlds, 
Where  deathlefs  pleafures  reign, 
And  bids  us  feek  our  portion  there3 
Nor  bids  us  feek  in  vain. 

5  On  that  bright  profpeft  may  we  reft, 
Till  this  frail  body  dies  ; 
And  then  on  faith's  triumphant  wings?, 
To  endlefs  glory  rife. 

O  2. 


78  HYMN  88,  89.  [part 

Hymn  88.      c.  m. 
Zeal  and  vigour  In  the  christian  race. 

1  AWAKE,  my  foul !  ftretch  ev'ry  nerve, 

And  prefs  with  vigour  on  : 
A  heav'nly  race  demands  thy  zeal, 
And  an  immortal  crown. 

2  A  cloud  of  witneffes  around 

Hold  thee  in  full  furvey  : 
Forget  the  fteps  already  trod, 
And  onward  urge  thy  way. 

3  'Tis  God's  all-animating  voice 

That  calls  thee  from  on  high  ; 
'Tis  his  own  hand  prefents  the  prize 
To  thine  uplifted  eye  : — 

4  That  prize,  with  peerlefs  glories  bright, 

Which  mail  new  luftre  boaft, 
When  victors'  wreaths  and  monarchs1  gen\s 
Shall  blend  in  common  dull. 


Hymn   89.     l.  m. 
Humility. 

1  WHEREFORE  mould  man,  frail  child  of  clay, 

Wrho,  from  the  cradle  to  the  fhroud, 

Lives  but  the  infecl:  of  a  day — 

O  why  mould  mortal  man  be  proud  ? 

2  His  brighteft  vifions  juft  appear, 
Then  vanifh,  and  no  more  are  found  ; 
The  ftatelieft  pile  his  pride  can  rear, 
A  breath  may  level  with  the  ground. 

3  By  doubt  perplex'd,  in  error  loft, 
With  trembling  ftep  he  feeks  his  way  : 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  90.  IB 

How  vain  of  wifdom's  gifts  the  boaft  i 
Of  reafon's  lamp  how  faint  the  ray  ! 

4  Follies  and  crimes,  a  countlefs  fum, 
Are  crowded  in  life's  little  fpan  : 
How  ill,  alas,  does  pride  become 
That  erring,  guilty  creature,  man  ! 

5  God  of  my  life,  Father  divine  ! 
Give  me  a  meek  and  lowly  mind  i 
In  modeft  worth,  O  let  me  mine, 
And  peace  in  humble  virtue  find., 


Hymn  90.    t.  m. 
Devout  afpirations. 

1  OUR  God,  as  merciful  as  juft, 
Kindly  remembers  man  is  duft  ; 
His  ear  is  open  to  his  cries, 

His  grace  will  meet  our  lifted  eyes. 

2  He  reads  the  language  of  a  tear, 
Liftens  to  fighs  from  hearts  fincere  ; 
He  marks  the  dawn  of  virtuous  aim, 
And  fans  the  fmoking  flax  to  flame. 

3  Set  us  from  earthly  bondage  free, 
Still  ev'ry  wifh  that  ftrays  from  thee  5 
Bid,  Lord,  our  vain  difquiets  ceafe, 
And  point  our  path  to  endlefs  peace. 

4-  If  in  the  vale  of  tears  we  ft  my, 

Where  wounding  thorns  perplex  our  way, 
Still  let  our  fouls  thy  goodnefs  fee, 
And  with  ftrong  faith  lay  hold  on  thee. 


SO  HYMN  91.  [part  14. 

5  With  joy,  my  foul,  thy  lot  receive, 
Refign'd  alike  to  die  or  live  ; 
Kiffing  the  fceptre  or  the  rod, 

See  God  in  all,  and  all  in  God. 

6  With  thee  in  folitudes  I  walk, 
With  thee  in  crowded  cities  talk, 
In  ev'ry  creature  own  thy  power, 
In  each  event  thy  will  adore. 

7  Thy  hopes  (hall  animate  my  foul, 
Thy  precepts  guide,  thy  fear  control  ; 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  arms, 

I'll  reft  fecure  from  all  alarms. 

8  Thus,  when  the  clofing  hour  draws  nigh, 
And  earth  recedes  before  mine  eye, 
From  cares  and  gloomy  terrors  free, 

I  feel  omnipotent  in  thee. 

4*  Teach  me  to  quit  this  tranfient  fcene, 
With  decent  triumph  look  ferene  ; 
Help  me  to  fix  my  hopes  on  high  : 
To  thee  I've  liv'd,  in  thee  I'll  die. 


Hymn  91.     c.  m. 
Afpiration  after  the  chriftian  temper. 

1  ALMIGHTY  Maker  !   Lord  of  all  ! 

Of  life  the  only  fpring  ! 
Creator  of  unnumber'd  worlds  ! 
Supreme,  eternal  king  ! 

2  Drive  from  the  confines  of  my  heart 

Impenitence  and  pride  ; 
Nor  let  me  in  forbidden  paths 
With  thoughtlefs  finners  glide, 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  92.  81 

3  What'er  thine  all-difcerning  eye 

Sees  for  thy  creature  fit ; 
I'll  blefs  the  good,  and  to  the  ill 
Contentedly  fubmit. 

4  With  gen'rous  pleafure  let  me  view 

The  profp'rous  and  the  great  ; 
Malignant  envy  let  me  fly, 
And  odious  felf-conceit. 

5  Let  not  defpair,  nor  fell  revenge, 

Be  to  my  bofom  known  : 
Oh  !  give  me  tears  for  others'  woes, 
And  patience  for  my  own. 

6  Feed  me  with  neceffary  food  : 

I  aik  not  wealth  nor  fame : 

Give  me  an  eye  to  fee  thy  will, 

A  heart  to  blefs  thy  name. 

7  Still  let  my  days  ferenely  pafs 

Without  remorfe  or  care  ; 
And  growing  holinefs  my  foul 
For  life's  laft  hour  prepare. 


Hymn  92.    l.  m. 
Devout  afpirations. 

1  SUPREME  and  univerfal  light  I 
Fountain  of  reafon  !  judge  of  right  I 
Parent  of  good  !  whofe  bleffings  flow 
On  all  above,  and  all  below  : 

2  Without  whofe  kind,  directing  ray? 
In  everlafting  night  we  ftray, 
From  paflion  ftill  to  paffion  toft, 
And  in  a  maze  of  error  loft  :— » 


82  HYMN  93.  r 


PART   il» 


Afiiit  us  Lord  !  to  act,  to  be, 
What  nature  and  thy  laws  decree  ; 
Worthy  that  intellectual  flame 
Which  from  thy  breathing  fpirit  came. 

Our  moral  freedom  to  maintain, 
Bid  pafiion  ferve,  and  reafon  reign, 
Self-pois'd  and  independent  ftill 
On  this  world's  varying  good  or  ill. 

No  flave  to  profit,  fhame,  or  fear, 
O  may  our  fteadfaft  bofoms  bear 
The  ftamp  of  heaven,  an  honeft  heart, 
Above  the  mean  difguife  of  art ! 

May  our  expanded  fouls  difclaim 
The  narrow  view,  the  felfifh  aim  ; 
But  with  a  chriftian  zeal  embrace 
Whate'er  is  friendly  to  our  race. 

O  Father  !  grace  and  virtue  grant  ; 
No  more  we  wifh,  no  more  we  want  : 
To  know,  to  ferve  thee,  and  to  love, 
Is  peace  below, — is  blifs  above, 


Hymn  9£     c.   w. 

In  a  thunder  ftorm. 

LET  coward  guilt,  with  pallid  fear, 

To  (helt'ring  caverns  fly, 
And  juilly  dread  the  vengeful  fate 

Which  thunders  through  the  fky  : 

Protected  by  that  hand,  whofe  law 
The  threat'ning  ftorms  obey, 

Intrepid  virtue  fmiles  fecure, 
As  iu  the  blaze  of  day* 


EC.T.  3.]  HYMN  m.  83 

3  In  the  thick  cloud's  tremendous  gloom, 

The  lightning's  horrid  glare, 
It  views  the  fame  all-gracious  Power 
Which  breathes  the  vernal  air. 

4  Through  nature's  ever  varying  fceae^ 

By  different  ways  purfu'd, 
The  one  eternal  end  of  heav'n 
Is  univerfal  good. 

5  With  like  beneficent  effect, 

O'er  flaming  ether  glows, 
As  when  it  tunes  the  linnet's  voice. 
And  blufhes  in  the  rofe. 

6  When  through  creation's  valt  expanfe, 

The  laft  dread  thunders  roll, 
Untune  the  concord  of  the  fpheres, 
And  fhake  the  guilty  foul  : 

7  Unmov'd,  may  we  the  final  ftorm 

Of  jarring  worlds  furvey, 
That  ufhers  in  the  tranquil  morn 
Of  everlafting  day. 


Hymn  94s    l.  m. 
A  good  confcience  the  beft  fupport. 

1  WHILE  fome  in  folly's  pleafures  roll, 
And  court  the  joys  which  hurt  the  foul ; 
Be  mine,  that  filent  calm  repaft, 

A  peaceful  confcience,  to  the  laft  : 

2  That' tree  which  bears  immortal  fruit, 
Without  a  canker  at  the  root ; 
That  Friend,  who  never  fails  the  juft, 
When  other  friends  defert  their  trufh  , 


84  HYMN  95.  [part  ii, 

3  With  this  companion  in  the  fliade, 
My  foul  no  more  (hall  be  difmay'd  ; 
But  fearlefs  meet  the  midnight  gloom, 
And  the  pale  monarch  of  the  tomb. 

4«  Though  heav'n  afflict,  I'll  not  repine  : 
The  nobleft  comforts  ftill  are  mine  ; 
Comforts,  which  over  death  prevail, 
And  journey  with  me  through  the  vale. 

5  Amidft  the  various  fcene  of  ills, 
Each  ftroke  fome  kind  delign  fulfils  ; 
And  mall  I  murmur  at  my  God, 
When  love  fupreme  directs  the  rod  ? 

6  His  hand  will  fmooth  my  rugged  way. 
And  lead  me  to  the  realms  of  day  ; 
To  milder  fides  and  brighter  plains, 
Where  everlailing  pleafure  reigns. 


Hymn  95.     l.  m. 
A  happy  life. 

HOW  happy  is  he  born  and  taught, 
Who  ferveth  not  another's  will ; 
Whole  armour  is  his  honefl  thought, 
And  fimple  truth  his  utmoft  Ikill  ! 

Whofe  paffions  not  his  matters  are, 
Whofe  foul  is  ftill  prepar'd  for  death, 
Unty'd  to  this  vain  world  by  care 
Of  public  fame,  or  private  breath  : 

Who  envies  none  that  change  doth  raife  ; 
Nor  vice  hath  ever  underftood  ; 
How  deepeft  wounds  are  giv'n  by  praife  ; 
Nor  rules  of  ftate,  but  rules  of  good  : 


s*ct>  3.]  'HYMN  96. 

4}  Who  hath  his  life  from  rumours  freed, 
Whofe  confcience  is  his  ftrong  retreat : 
Whofe  ftate  can  neither  iiatt'rers  feed, 
Nor  ruin  make  oppreflbrs  great : 

5  Who  God  doth  late  and  early  pray- 
More  of  his  grace  than  gifts  to  lend  ; 
Whofe  heart  as  open  as  the  day 
Fears  not  to  call  his  God  his  friend. 

6  This  man  is  freed  from  fervile  bands 
Of  hope  to  rife,  or  fear  to  fall : 
Lord  of  himfelf,  though  not  of  lands, 
He,  having  nothing,  yet  hath  all. 

Hymn  96.     8  &  6  m. 
True  happinefs. 

1  TF  folid  happinefs  we  prize, 
Within  our  brealls  this  jewel  lies, 

And  they  are  fools  who  roam  : 
The  world  has  little  to  bellow  ; 
From  our  own  felves  our  joys  mull  How  $ 

Our  blifs  begins  at  home. 

1  We'll  therefore  relilh  with  content 
Whate'er  kind  Providence  has  fent, 

Nor  aim  beyond  our  pow'r  ; 
And  if  our  ftore  of  wealth  be  fmall, 
With  thankful  hearts  improve  it  all, 

Nor  lofe  the  prefent  hour. 

3  To  be  refign'd,  when  ills  betide, 
Patient  when  favours  are  deny'd, 

And  pleas'd  with  favours  giv'n  : 
This,  gracious  God,  is  wifdom's  part : 
This  is  that  incenfe  of  the  heart, 
Whofe  fragrance  reaches  heav'n. 
H 


S6  HYMN  97.  [part  ». 

4?  Thus  thro'  life's  changing  fcenes  we'll  go, 
Its  chequer'd  paths  of  joy  and  woe 

With  cautious  fteps  we'll  tread  ; 
Quit  its  vain  fcenes  without  a  tear, 
Without  a  trouble  or  a  fear, 

And  mingle  with  the  dead : 

5  While  confcience,  like  a  faithful  friend, 
Shall  through  the  gloomy  vale  attend, 

And  cheer  our  dying  breath  ; 
Shall,  when  all  other  comforts  ceafe, 
Like  a  kind  angel,  whifper  peace, 
And  fmooth  the  £>ed  of  death. 


Hymn  97.     l.  m. 

Peace  and  happinefs  the  portion  of  the  righteous. 

1  Let  none  be  envious  when  they  fee 
The  wicked  in  a  profp'rous  ftate  : 
Or,   tempted  by  their  fhort  fuccefs, 
Grow  bold  their -crimes  to  imitate. 

2  Think  not  mere  wealth  makes  happy  men  ; 
The  portion  of  the  virtuous  poor 

Is  better  far  than  wicked  men's 
lil-got,  or  ill-employed  (lore. 

3  Let  ethers  focliihly  expect 

How  kind  the  flatt'ring  world  will  prove  ■: 
\ye'll  feek  our  God  alone  to  pleafe, 
And  be  ambitious  of  his  love. 

4  God,  who  is  always  good  and  juft, 
Thofe  who  are  like  himfelf  will  own  ; 
And  they  mall  fiourifh  and  alide, 
When  wicked  men  are  overthrown. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  98.  S7 

5  Mark,  then,  the  good  and  perfect  man  S 
Mark  him  that's  upright  in  his  ways  ! 
Mercy  attends  him  all  his  life, 
And  peace  and  comfort  clofe  his  days. 


Hymn  98.     c.  m. 
Religious  retirement. 

1  FAR  from  the  world,  O  Lord!   I  flee, 

From  ilrife  and  tumult  far  ; 
From  fcenes  where  fin  is  waging  {till 
Its  molt  fuccefsful  war. 

2  The  calm  retreat,  the  filent  fhade, 

With  pray'r  and  praife  agree  ; 
And  feem  by  thy  fweet  bounty  made 
For  thofe  who  follow  thee. 

3  There,  if  thy  Spirit  touch  the  foul, 

And  grace  her  mean  abode  ; 
O  with  what  peace,  and  joy,  and  love. 
She  communes  with  her  God  ! 

4  There,  like  the  nightingale,  fhe  pours 

Her  folitary  lays  ; 
Nor  afks  a  witnefs  of  her  fong, 
Nor  thirfts  for  human  praife. 

5  Author  and  guardian  of  my  life, 

Thou  fource  of  light  divine  ; 

And  all  harmonious  names  in  one, 

My  Father — -thou  art  mine  ! 

6  What  thanks  I  owe  thee  !  and  what  love, 

A  vail  and  boundlefs  flore, 
Shall  echo  thro'  the  realms  above3 
When  time  fhall  be  no  more  • 


88  HYMN  99,  100.  [part  ii. 

Hymn  99.    c.  m. 

Inftru&ions  to  the  young,   from  a  review  of  paft:  difpen- 
fations  of  Providence. 

1  LET  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds, 

Which  God  perform'd  of  old  ; 
Which  in  our  younger  years  we  faw, 
And  which  our  fathers  told. 

2  He  bids  us  make  his  glories  known, 

His  works  of  pow'r  and  grace  ; 
And  we'll  convey  his  wonders  down 
Through  ev'ry  rifing  race. 

8  Our  lips  fhall  tell  them  to  our  fons, 
And  they  again  to  theirs  ; 
That  generations  yet  unborn 
May  teach  them  to  their  heirs. 

4  Thus  fhall  they  learn,  in  God  alone 
Their  hope  fecurely  Hands  ; 
That  they  may  ne'er  forget  his  works,. 
But  pra&ife  his  commands. 


Hymn   100.     c.  m. 
Remember  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy  youth. 

1  IN  the  foft  feafon  of  thy  youth, 

In  nature's  fmiling  bloom, 
Ere  age  arrive,  and  trembling  wait 
Its  fummons  to  the  tomb  ; 

2  Remember  thy  creator,  God  ; 

For  him  thy  pow'rs  employ  ; 
Make  him  thy  fear,  thy  love,  thy  hope, 
Thy  conftdenee,  thy  joy. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  101.  80. 

3  He  mall  defend  and  guide  thy  courfe 
Through  life's  uncertain  fea  : 
Till  thou  art  landed  on  the  more 
Of  blefs'd  eternity. 

4*  Then  feek  the  Lord  betimes,  and  choofe 
The  path  of  heav'nly  truth  : 
The  earth  affords  no  lovelier  fight 
Than  a  religious  youth. 


Hymn  101.     c.  fit. 
The  aged  chriftian's  prayer. 

1  GOD  of  my  childhood,  and  my  youth, 

The  guide  of  all  my  days  ! 
I  have  declaf 'd  thy  heav'nly  truth, 
I've  feen  thy  wondrous  ways. 

2  Wilt  thou  forfake  my  hoary  hairs. 

And  leave  my  fainting  heart  ? 

Who  fhall  fuftain  my  finking  years,. 

If  God,  my  ftrength,  depart  ? 

3  Let  me  thy  pow'r  and  truth  proclaim 

To  the  Surviving  age  : 
And  leave  a  favour  of  thy  name 
When  I  mail  quit  the  ftage. 

4  The  land  of  filence  and  of  death 

Attends  my  next  remove  : 
Oh  !  may  thefe  poor  remains  of  breath 
Proclaim  thy  boundlefs  love  !. 

H  2 


90  HYMN  102,  103.         [part  in 

Hymn   102.      c.  m. 

The  aged  chriftian's  reflections  and  hope. 

1  ETERNAL  Sire,  enthron'd  on  high  ! 

Whom  heav'nly  hofts  adore; 
Who  yet  to  fuppliant  dull  art  nigh  ! 
Thy  prefence  I  implore. 

2  O  guide  me  down  the  fteep  of  age, 

And  keep  my  pafiions  cool  e 
Teach  me  to  fcan  the  facred  pag£, 
And  practife  ev'ry  rule. 

3  My  flying  years  time  urges  on  ; 

What's  human  muft  decay  : 
My  friends,  my  youth's  companions  gone; 
Can  I  expect  to  Hay  ? 

4  Ah  !  no — then  fmooth  the  mortal  hour  ; 

On  thee  my  hope  depends  ; 
Support  me  with  almighty  pow'r, 
While  duft  to  duft  defcends. 


Hymn  103.     c.  m. 
Acquiescence  in  the  will  of  God, 

i   AUTHOR  of  good  !   we  reft  on  thee  : 
Thine  ever  watchful  eye 
Alone  our  real  wants  can  fee, 
Thy  hand  alone  fupply. 

2  Oh  1  let  thy  pow'r  within  us  dwell, 

Thy  love  our  footfteps  guide ; 
That  love  mail  vainer  loves  expel, 
That  fear  all  fears  befide. 

3  And  flnce,  by  paflion's  force  fubdu'd; 

Too  oft  with  ilubborn  will, 


se£t.  3.]  HYMN  104,  105.  91 

We  blindly  fhun  the  latent  good. 
And  grafp  the  fpecious  ill ; 

4  Not  what  we  wifh  but  what  we  want, 
Let  mercy  ftill  fupply  : 
The  good,  unafk'd,  let  mercy  grant. 
The  ill,  though  aflsM,  deny, 


Hymn  104.     s.  m. 
Virtuous  defires. 

1  GOD,  who  is  jufl  and  kind, 
Will  thofe  who  err  inftrud, 

And  in  the  paths  of  righteoufnefs 
Their  wand'ring  fteps  conduct 

2  The  humble  foul  he  guides, 
Teaches  the  meek  his  way  ; 

Kindnefs.  and  truth  he  fhews  to  all, 
Who  his  juft  laws  obey. 

3  Give  us  the  tender  heart 
That  mingles  fear  with  love  j 

And  lead  us  through  whatever  path 
Thy  wifdom  (hall  approve. 

4  Oh  !  ever  keep  our  fouls 
From  error,  fhame,  and  guilt  \ 

Nor  fuffer  the  fair  hope  to  fail, 
Which  on  thy  truth  is  built. 


Hymn   105.     c.  m, 

Divine  mercy  in  afRi&ion, 

1  .GREAT  Ruler  of  all  nature's  frame? 
We  own  thy  pow'r  divine  ; 


92  HYMN  106.  [part 

We  hear  thy  breath  in  ev'ry  florm, 
For  all  the  winds  are  thine. 

2  Wide  as  they  fweep  their  founding  way, 

They  work  thy  fov'reign  will ; 
And,  aw'd  by  thy  majeftic  voice, 
Confufion  (hall  be  ftill. 

3  Thy  mercy  tempers  ev'ry  blaft 

To  them  that  feek  thy  face  ; 
And  mingles  with  the  tempeft's  roar 
The  whifpers  of  thy  grace. 


Hymn  106.    s.  m. 
Reliance  upon  God. 

1  MY  Father ! — cheering  name  I 

0  may  I  call  thee  mine  ? 

Give  me  with  humble  hope  to  claim 
A  portion  fo  divine. 

2  This  can  my  fears  control, 
And  bid  my  forrows  fly ; 

What  real  harm  can  reach  my  foul 
Beneath  my  father's  eye  ? 

3  Whate'er  thy  will  denies 

1  calmly  would  refign  ; 

For  thou  art  juft,  and  good,  and  wife 
O  bend  my  will  to  thine  ! 

4  Whate'er  thy  will  ordains, 
O  give  me  ftrength  to  bear  5 

Still  let  me  know  a  father  reigns, 
And  truft  a  father's  care. 

5  If  anguifh  rend  this  frame, 
And  life  almoft  depart ; 


ect.  3.]  HYMN  107.  93 

Is  not  thy  mercy  ftill  the  fame 
To  cheer  my  drooping  heart  ? 

6  Thy  ways  are  little  known 
To  my  weak  erring  fight  ; 

Yet  (hall  my  foul,  believing,  own 
That  all  thy  ways  are  right. 

7  My  Father  !  bliisful  name  ! 
Above  expreffion  dear  ! 

If  thou  accept  my  humble  claim, 
I  bid  adieu  to  fear. 


Hymn   107.      c.  m. 
Prosperity  and  adverfity. 

1  THE  Lord  !  how  tender  is  his  love  ! 

His  juftice  how  auguft  ! 
Hence  all  her  fears  my  foul  derives, 
There  anchors  all  her  truft. 

2  He  lhow'rs  the  manna  from  above, 

To  feed  the  barren  wafte  ; 
Or  points  with  death  the  fiery  hail, 
And  famine  waits  the  blaft. 

3  Crowns,  realms,  and  worlds,  his  wrath  incens,d3 

Are  dull  beneath  his  tread  : 
He  blights  the  fair,  unplumes  the  proud, 
And  makes  the  learned  head. 

4  He  bids  diftrefs  forget  to  groan, 

The  fick  from  anguiih  ceafe  ; 
In  dungeons  fpreads  his  healing  wing, 
And  foftly  whifpers  peace. 

5  Thy  pow'r  directs  the  ruihing  wind3 

Or  tips  the  bolt  with  .flame  i 


94  HYMN  108.  [part  ft 

Thy  goodnefs  breathes  in  ev'ry  breeze, 
And  warms  in  ev'ry  beam. 

6  For  us,  O  Lord  !  whatever  lot 

The  hours  commifiion'd  brirfg  ; 
Do  all  our  with'ring  bleffings  die, 
Or  fairer  clufters  fpring  ; 

7  Oh  !  grant  that  ftill  with  grateful  heart 

Our  years  refignM  may  run  ; 

'Tis  thine  to  give  or  to  refume  ; 

And  may  thy  will  be  done  ! 


Hymn   108.     l.  m. 
Man's  dependence  on  God. 

1  THROUGH  all  the  various  (hifting  fcene 
Of  life's  miftaken  ill  or  good, 

The  hand  of  God  conducts,  unfeen, 
The  beautiful  viciffitude. 

2  He  giveth  with  paternal  care* 
Howe'er  unjuflly  we  complain, 
To  all  their  neceffary  mare 

Of  joy  and  forrow,  health  and  pain. 

3  All  things  on  earth,  and  all  in  heav'n, 
On  his  eternal  will  depend  ; 

And  all  for  greater  good  were  given, 
Would  man  purfue  th'  appointed  end. 

4  Be  this  my  care — to  all  befide 
IndifFrent  let  my  wifhes  be  ; 

.  Paffion  be  calm,  and  dumb  be  pride, 
And  fix'd  my  foul,  great  God  !  ©u  ther. 


Cher.  3.]         HYMN  I0&  110=  95 

Hymn   109.      c.  m. 

The  myfiery  and  benignity  of  Providence. 

1   GOD  moves  in  a  myfterious  way 
His  wonders  to  perform  ; 
He  plants  his  footfteps  in  the  fea? 
And  rides  upon  the  ftorm. 

i3  Deep  in  unfathomable  mines 
Of  never-failing  fkill, 
He  treafures  up  his  great  defigns, 
And  works  his  fov'reign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  faints  !  frefh  courage  take : 

The  clouds  ye  fo  much  dread 
Are  big  with  mercy,  and  will  break 
In  blefiings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  fenfe? 

But  truft  him  for  his  grace  ; 
Behind  a  frowning  providence 
He  hides  a  fmiling  face. 

5  His  purpofes  will  ripen  faft, 

Unfolding  ev'ry  hour  : 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  tafte* 
But  fweet  will  be  the  fiow'r, 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  fure  to  err, 

And  fcan  his  work  in  vain  : 
God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain* 


Hymm  110.     c.  m. 

Submission. 

O  LORD  1  my  heft  defires  fulfil, 
And  help  me  to  refign 


96  HYMN  111.  [parti*. 

Life,  health,  and  comfort  to  thy  will, 
And  make  thy  pleafure  mine. 

2  Why  mould  I  fhrink  at  thy  command. 

Whofe  love  forbids  my  fears  ; 
Or  tremble  at  thy  gracious  hand, 
That  wipes  away  my  tears  ? 

3  No,  let  me  rather  freely  yield 

What  moll  I  prize  to  thee  ; 

Who  never  haft  a  good  withheld, 

Or  wilt  withhold  from  me. 

4  Wifdom  and  mercy  guide  my  way  ; 

Shall  I  refill  them  both  ? 
Short-fighted  creature  of  a  day, 
And  crufh'd  before  the  moth  ! 

5  But  ah  !  my  heart  within  me  cries, 

Still  bind  me  to  thy  fway^ 
Elfe  the  next  cloud  that  veils  the  Ikies 
Drives  all  thefe  thoughts  away. 


Hymn   111.     c.  m. 
The  fame  fubjedt 

2  WHEN  prefent  fufPrings  pain  our  hearts, 
Or  future  terrors  rife, 
And  light  and  hope  almoll  depart 
From  thefe  dejected  eyes  : 

2  Thy  pow'rful  word  fupports  our  hopes, 

Rich  cordial  of  the  mind  ! 
And  bears  our  fainting  fpirits  up, 
And  bids  us  wait  refign'd. 

3  And  oh  !   whatever  of  earthly  bliff 

Thy  proYideuce  denies, 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  112. 

Accepted  at  thy  throne  of  grace, 
Let  this  petition  rife  : 

i  Give  us  a  calm,  a  thankful  heart, 
From  ev'ry  murmur  free  : 
The  bleffings  of  thy  grace  impart, 
And  make  us  live  to  thee. 

5  Let  the  blefl  hope  that  we  are  thine, 
Our  path  of  life  attend  ; 
Thy  prefence  through  our  journey  fhine, 
And  crown  our  journey's  end. 


Hymn  112.      s.   m. 
Light  and  deliverance. 

1  THE  traveler,  loft  in  night, 
Breathes  many  a  longing  figh, 

And  marks  the  welcome  dawn  of  light, 
With  rapture  in  his  eye. 

2  Thus  fweet  the  dawn  of  day 
Which  weary  finners  find, 

When  mercy  with  reviving  ray 
Beams  o'er  the  fainting  mind. 

3  To  flaves  oppreft  with  chains, 
How  kind,  how  dear  the  friend, 

Whofe  gen'rous  hand  relieves  their  pains, 
And  bids  their  forrows  end  i 

4  Thus  dear,  that  friend  divine, 
Who  refcues  captive  fouls  ; 

Unbinds  the  galling  chains  of  fin, 
And  all  its  power  controls. 

5  My  God  !  to  gofpel  light 
My  dawn  of  hope  I  owe  | 

I 


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98  HYMN  113, 114.  [part  w 

Once,  wand' ring  in  the  fhades  of  night, 
And  funk  in  hopelefs  woe. 

6     Thy  hand  redeem'd  the  Have, 
And  fet  the  prif 'ner  free  : 
Be  all  I  am,  and  all  I  have, 
Devoted,  Lord,  to  thee  ! 


Hymn   113.     c.   m. 

The  vichHtudes  of  providence. 

1  THE  gifts  indulgent  heav'n  bellows, 
Are  varioufly  convey'd  ; 
The  human  mind,  like  nature,  knows 
Alternate  light  and  shade. 

2  While  changing  afpe&s  all  things  wear; 

Can  we  expect  to  find 
Unclouded  funfhine  all  the  year, 
Or  conftant  peace  of  mind  ? 

3  More  gaily  fmiles  the  blooming  fpring, 

When  wintry  ftorms  are  o'er  ; 
Retreating  forrow  thus  may  bring 
Delights  unknown  before. 

4  Then,  chriftian  !   fend  thy  fears  away, 

Nor  fink  in  gloomy  care  ; 
Tho*  clouds  o'erfpread  the  fcene  to-day, 
To-morrow  may  be  fair. 


Hymn   114.    7s.  m. 
Complete  happinefs  not  defigned  for  man  on  earth, 

1  PROVIDENCE,  profufely  Jdnd, 
Wherefoe'er  you  turn  your  eyes, 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  115.  99 

Bids  you  with  a  grateful  mrnd 
View  a  thoufand  bleffings  rife. 

2  But,  perhaps,  fome  friendly  voice 
Softly  whifpers  to  your  mind — 
Make  not  thefe  alone  your  choice, 
Heav'n  has  bleffings  more  refin'd. 

3  Thankful  own  what  you  enjoy  ; 
But  a  changing  world  like  this, 
Where  a  thoufand  fears  annoy, 
Cannot  give  you  perfect  blifs. 

4-  Perfect  blifs  refides  above, 
Far  above  yon  azure  fky  ; 
Blifs  that  merits  all  your  love, 
Merits  ev'ry  anxious  figh. 

5  What,  like  this,  has  earth  to  give  ?' 
O  ye  righteous  !  in  your  breaft 
Let  the  admonition  live, 

Nor  on  earth  defire  to  reft. 

6  When  your  bofom  breathes  a  figh, 
Or  your  eye  emits  a  tear, 

Let  your  wifhes  rife  on  high, 
Ardent  rife  to  blifs  fincere. 


Hymn   115.      c.   m. 
God  the  only  fource  of  confolation, 

1  TO  calm  the  forrows  of  the  mind, 

Our  heav'nly  friend  is  nigh, 
To*  wipe  the  anxious  tear  that  flarts, 
Or  trembles  in  the  eye. 

2  Thou  canft,  when  anguifti  rends  the  heart ? 

The  fecret  woe  control  j 


3  00  HYMN  116.  [part  h 

The  inward  malady  canft  heal, 
The  ficknefs  of  the  foul. 

3  Thou  canft  reprefs  the  rifing  figh, 
Can  It  footh  each  mortal  care  ; 
And  ev'ry  deep  and  heart-felt  groan 
Is  wafted  to  thine  ear. 

4<  Thy  gracious  eye  is  watchful  ftill ; 
Thy  potent  arm  can  fave 
From  threat'ning  danger  and  difeafe, 
And  the  devouring  grave. 

5  When,  pale  and  languid  all  the  frame, 

The  ruthlefs  hand  of  pain 
Arrefts  the  feeble  pow'rs  of  life, 
The  help  of  man  is  vain. 

6  'Tis  thou,  great  God  !  alone  canft  check 

The  progrefs  of  difeafe  ; 
And  ficknefs,  aw'd  by  pow'r  divine, 
The  high  command  obeys. 

7  Eternal  fource  of  life  and  health, 

And  ev'ry  blifs  we  feel  ! 
In  forrow  and  in  joy  to  thee 
Our  grateful  hearts  appeal. 


Hymn   116.     p.  m. 
God  the  only  refuge  of  the  aiHiifled. 

1  HOW  vaft  is  the  tribute  I  owe 
Of  gratitude,  homage,  and  praife, 
To  the  giver  of  all  I  poffefs, 

The  life  and  the  length  of  my  days  ! 

2  Thou  alone,  the  great  author  of  all  ' 
The  faithful,  unchangeable  friend  ! 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  117.  101 

Thou  alone  all  our  griefs  canft  remove, 
Thou  alone,  from  all  evils  defend. 

3  When  the  forrows  I  boded  were  come, 
I  pour'd  out  my  fighs  and  my  tears  ; 
And  to  him  who  alone  can  relieve, 

My  foul  breath'd  her  vows  and  her  pray'rs. 

4  When  my  heart  throbb'd  with  pain  and  alarm?, 
When  palenefs  my  cheek  overfpread — 
When  ficknefs  pervaded  my  frame  ; 

Then  my  foul  on  my  maker  was  ftaid, 

5  When  death's  awful  image  was  nigh, 
And  no  mortal  was  able  to  fave, 
Thou  didft  brighten  the  valley  of  death, 
And  illumine  the  gloom  of  the  grave. 

6  In  mercy  thy  prefence  difpels 
The  fhades  of  calamity's  night ; 
And  turns  the  fad  fcene  of  defpair 
To  a  morning  of  joy  and  delight. 

7  Great  fource  of  my  comforts  reflor'd  I 
Thou  healer  and  balm  of  my  woes  ! 
Thou  hope  and  defire  of  my  foul ! 

On  thy  mercy  I'll  ever  repofe. 

8  How  boundlefs  the  gratitude  due 
To  thee,  O  thou  God  of  my  praifes 
The  fountain  of  all  1  poffefs, 

The  life  and.  the  light  of  my  days  I 


Hymn   117.     c.   u. 

Comfort  in  ficknefs  and  death. 

1  WHEN  ficknefs  makes  the  languid  frame? 
Each  dazzling  pleafure  flies  j 
I  2 


102  HYMN   US.  [part  i 

Phantoms  of  blifs  no  more  obfcwe 
Our  long-deluded  eyes. 

2  Then  the  tremendous  arm  of  death 

Its  hated  fceptre  (hows ; 
And  nature  faints  beneath  the  weight 
Of  complicated  woes. 

3  The  tott'ring  frame  of  mortal  life 

Shall  crumble  into  duft  ; 
Nature  fhall  faint — but  learn,  my  foul ! 
On  nature's  God  to  truft. 

1  The  man,  whofe  pious  heart  is  fix'd 
On  his  all-gracious  God, 
In  ev'ry  frown  may  comfort  find, 
And  kifs  the  chaining  rod. 

5  Nor  him  fhall  death  itfelf  alarm  ; 
On  heav'n  his  foul  relies  ; 
With  joy  he  views  his  maker's  love. 
And  with  compofure  dies. 


Hymn   118.     c.  m. 
The  supreme  good. 

f  WHEN  fancy  fpreads  her  boldeft  wings-, 
And  wanders  unconfin  d 
Amid  th'  unbounded  fcene  of  things, 
Which  entertain  the  mind  : 

2  In  vain  we  trace  creation  o'er, 

In  fearch  of  facred  reft  ; 
The  whole  creation  is  too  poor, 
Too  mean  to  make  us  bleft. 

3  In  vain  would  this  low  world  employ 

Each  flatt  ring  fpecious  wile  : 


sxct.3.]  HYMN    119.  10? 

There's  nought  can  yield  a  real  joy, 
But  our  Creator's  fmile. 

4  Let  earth  and  all  her  charms  depart? 

Unworthy  of  the  mind  ; 
In  God  alone,  this  reftlefs  heart 
An  equal  blifs  can  find. 

5  Great  fpring  of  all  felicity, 

To  whom  our  wifhes  tend  ! 
Do  not  thefe  wifhes  rife  from  thee. 
And  in  thy  favour  end  .? 


Hymn   119.     s.  m, 
Abfence  from  God 

1  O  THOU,  whofe  mercy  hears 

Contrition's  humble  figh ; 
Whofe  hand,  indulgent,  wipes  the  tears 
From  forrow's  weeping  eye  ! 

2  See  !  low  before  thy  throne 

A  wretched  wand'rer  mourn  ; 
Hall  thou  not  bid  me  feek  thy  face  ^ 
Haft  thou  not  faid,  Return  ? 

3  Abfent  from  thee,  my  light  ! 

Without  one  cheering  ray  ; 
Through  dangers,  fears,  and  gloomy  night? 
How  defolate  my  way  1 

41  On  this  benighted  heart, 

With  beams  of  mercy  mine  ; 
And  let  thy  healing  voice  impart 
A  tafte  of  joys  divine. 

5  Thy  prefence  can  beftow 

Delights  which  never  cloy  : 


10*  HYMN    120, 121.         [part  ii, 

Be  this  my  folace  here  below, 
And  my  eternal  joy  1 


Hymn  120.    c.  m. 

The  ways  of  the  righteous  known  to  God. 

1   TO  thee,  my  God  !  my  days  are  known  ; 
My  foul  enjoys  the  thought  j 
My  a&ions  all  before  thee  lie, 
Nor  are  my  wants  forgot. 

2-  Each  fecret  wifh  devotion  breathes, 
Is  vocal  to  thine  ear  ; 
And  all  my  walks  of  daily  life 
Before  thine  eye  appear. 

3  The  vacant  hour,  the  active  fcene, 

Thy  mercy  will  approve  j 
And  ev'ry  pang  of  fympathy, 
And  ev'ry  care  of  love. 

4  Each  golden  hour  of  beaming  light 

Is  gilded  by  thy  rays  ; 
And  dark  affli&ion's  midnight  gloom 
A  prefent  God  furveys. 

5  Full  in  thy  view  thro'  life  I  pafs, 

And  in  thy  view  I  die  ! 
Lord,  when  all  mortal  bonds  fhall  break, 
May  I  ftill  find  thee  nigh  ! 


Hymn   121.      c.  m. 

Imploring  divine  direction. 

1  LORD,  through  the  dubious  path  of  life 
Thy  feeble  fervant  guide. ;. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  122,  105 

Supported  by  thy  pow'rful  arm,  _ 
My  footfteps  fhall  not  Aide. 

2  Let  others,  fwell'd  with  empty  pride, 

Of  wifdom  make  their  boafts  : 
My  wifdom  and  my  ftrength  muft  come 
From  thee,  the  Lord  of  hofts. 

3  To  thee,  O  my  unerring  guide  ! 

I  would  myfelf  refign  ; 
In  all  my  ways  acknowledge  thee, 
And  form  my  will  to  thine. 

4-  Thus  fhall  each  blefling  of  thy  hand 
Be  doubly  fweet  to  me  ; 
And  in  new  griefs  I  fi-ill  {hall  have 
A  refuge,  Lord,  in  thee. 


Hymn   122.     p.   m, 
Supplication  to  the  Searcher  of  hearts, 

1  O  HEAR  me,  Lord !  to  thee  I  call 
And  proftrate  at  thy  footftool  fell  : 
O  Lord,  my  pray'r  propitious  hear, 
And  bow  to  my  requefts  thine  ear  ! 

2  Searcher  of  hearts  !   my  thoughts  review  ; 
With  kind  feverity  purfue 

Through  each  difguife  thy  Servant's  mind, 
Nor  leave  one  ftain  of  guilt  behind. 

3  To  thee  my  inmoft  heart  is  known  : 
Regard  me  from  thy  lofty  throne  ; 
Nor  e'er  to  my  defiring  eye 

Thy  prefence,  heav'nly  Lord,  deny  ! 


106  HYMN  123,  124..  [part  it. 

Hymn   123.      l.   m. 
God  is  love. 

1  WHEN  darknefs  long  has  veil'd  my  mind, 
And  fmihng  day  once  more  appears  ; 
Then,  my  Creator  !  then  I  find 

The  folly  of  my  doubts  and  fears. 

2  Straight  I  upbraid  my  wand'ring  heart, 
And  blufh  that  I  fhould  ever  be 
Thus  prone  to  aft  fo  bafe  a  part, 

Or  harbour  one  hard  thought  of  thee. 

3  O  !  let  me  then  at  length  be  taught 
What  I  am  ftill  fo  flow  to- learn — 
That  God  is  love,  and  changes  not, 
Nor  knows  the  fhadow  of  a  turn. 

4  Sweet  truth,  and  eafy  to  repeat  ! 
But  when  my  faith  is  fharply  try'd, 
I  find  myfelf  a  learner  yet, 
Unflulful,  weak,  and  apt  to  Hide. 

5  But  O  my  God  !  one  look  from  thee 
Subdues  the  difobedient  will, 
Drives  doubt  and  difcontent  away, 
And  thy  rebellious  worm  is  ftill. 


Hymn   124.     7s.  m. 
Freedom  from  error,  guilt,  and  folly. 

1  BLEST  inftruaor  !  from  thy  ways 
Who  can  tell  how  oft  he  drays  ? 
Save  from  error's  growth  the  mind, 
Leave  not,  Lord,  one  root  behind. 

2  Purge  us  from  the  guilt  that  lies 
Wrapt  within  our  heart's  difguife  ; 


slct.  3.  HYMN  125.  107 

Let  us  thence,  by  thee  renew'd, 
Each  prefumptuous  fin  exclude  : 

3  So  our  lot  (hall  ne'er  be  join'd 
With  the  men  whofe  impious  mind, 
Fearlefs  of  thy  juft  command, 
Braves  the  vengeance  of  thy  hand. 

4  Let  our  tongue,  from  error  free, 
Speak  the  words  approv'd  by  thee: 
To  thy  all-obferving  eyes 

Let  our  thoughts  accepted  rife, 

5  While  we  thus  thy  name  adore* 
And  thy  healing  grace  implore, 
Blefl  Redeemer,  bow  thine  ear, 
God,  our  ftrength  !  propitious  hear. 

Hymn  125.    c.  m. 

Hope  of  divine  mercy. 

1  WHEN  riling  from  the  bed  of  death, 

O'erwhelm'd  with  guilt  and  fear, 
I  fee  my  Maker  face  to  face, 
O  how  (hall  I  appear  ! 

2  If  yet,  while  pardon  may  be  found, 

And  mercy  may  be  fought, 
My  heart  with  inward  horror  Ihrinks, 
And  trembles  at  the  thought. 

3  When  thou,  O  Lord  !   malt  Hand  difclosM 

In  majefty  fevere, 
And  lit  in  judgment  on  my  foul, 
O  how  mall  I  appear  ! 

4  But  there's  forgivenefs,  Lord,  with  thee  j 

Thy  nature  is  benign  ; 


108  HYMN  126.  [part  u 

Thy  pard'ning  mercy  I  implore, 
For  mercy,  Lord,  is  thine. 

5  O  let  thy  boundlefs  mercy  mine 

On  my  benighted  foul  ! 
Correct  my  pafiions,  mend  my  heart, 
And  all  my  fears  control. 

6  And  may  I  tafte  thy  richer  grace 

In  that  decifive  hour 
When  Chrift  to  judgment  (hall  defcend, 
And  time  mail  be  no  more. 


Hymn    126.     7s.  m. 

Invitations  of  mercy. 

1  COME  !  faid  Jefus'  facred  voice, 
Come  and  make  my  paths  your  choice  j 
I  will  guide  you  to  your  home  ; 
Weary  pilgrim,  hither  come  ! 

2  Thou,  who  houfelefs,  fole,  forlorn, 
Long  hall  borne  the  proud  world's  fcorn, 
Long  haft  roam'd  the  barren  wafte, 
Weary  pilgrim,  hither  hafte  ! 

3  Ye  who,  toft  on  beds  of  pain, 
Seek  for  eafe,  but  feek  in  vain  : 
Ye,  whofe  fwoln  and  ileeplefs  eyes 
Watch  to  fee  the  morning  rife  : 

4  Ye  by  fiercer  anguilh  tern, 

In  remorfe  for  guilt  who  mourn, 

Here  repofe  your  heavy  care  : 

A  wounded  fpirit  who  can  bear  ? 

5  Sinner,  come  !  for  here  is  found 
Balm  that  flows  for.  ev'ry  wound  I 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  127.  10$ 

Peace  that  ever  mall  endure, 
Reft  eternal,  facred,  fure. 


Hymn   127.     c.   m. 
The  mercy  of  God. 

1   O  THOU,  the  wretched's  fure  retreat, 
Who  doft  our  cares  control, 
And  with  the  cheerful  fmile  of  peace 
Revive  the  fainting  foul  ! 

'2  Did  ever  thy  propitious  ear 
The  humble  plea  difdain  ? 
Or  when  did  plaintive  mis'ry  figh, 
Or  fupplicate  in  vain  ? 

3  Opprefs'd  with  grief  and  fhame,  diiTolv'd 
In  penitential  tears  ; 
Thy  goodnefs  calms  our  anxious  doubts, 
And  diflipates  our  fears. 

4i  New  life  from  thy  refrefhing  grace 
Our  linking  hearts  receive  : 
Thy  gentleft,  beft-lov'd  attribute, 
To  pity  and  forgive. 

.5  From  that  bleil  fource,  propitious  hope 
Appears  ferenely  bright, 
And  fheds  her  foft  and  cheering  beam 
O'er  forrow's  difmal  night. 

6  Our  hearts  adore  thy  mercy,  Lord, 
Affd  blefs  the  friendly  ray, 
Which  ufhers  in  the  fmiling  morn 
Of  everlafting  day. 


110  HYMN    128,129.         [part  ii. 

Hymn   128.     l.  m. 
Penitence. 

1  SHEW  pity,  Lord  !  O  Lord,  forgive  ! 
Let  a  repenting  finner  live  : 

Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  ! 
May  not  the  contrite  truft  in  thee  ? 

2  With  fhame  my  num'rous  fins  I  trace, 
Againft  thy  law,  againft  thy  grace  ; 

And  tho'  my  pray'r  thou  mould'ft  not  hear. 
My  doom  is  juft,  and  thou  art  clear. 

3  Yet  fave  a  penitent,  O  Lord  ! 

Whofe  hope  ftill  hov'ring  round  thy  word, 
Seeks  for  fome  precious  promife  there, 
Some  fure  fupport  againft  defpair. 

4  My  fins  are  great,  but  don't  furpafs 
The  riches  of  eternal  grace  ; 

Great  God  !   thy  nature  hath  no  bound, 
So  let  thy  pard'ning  love  be  found. 

p  O  wafh  my  foul  from  ev'ry  ftain, 
Nor  let  the  guilt  I  mourn,  remain  ; 
Give  me  to  bear  thy  pard'ning  voice, 
And  bid  my  bleeding  heart  rejoice. 

G  Then  (hall  thy  love   infpire  my  tongue  j 
Salvation  fhallbe  all  my  fong; 
And  ev'ry  pow'r  fliall  join  to  blefs 
The  Lord,  my  flrength  and  righteoufnefs. 


Hymn   129.     ol.  l.  m. 

Imploring  divine  mercy. 

I   OUT  of  the  depth  of  fad  diiirefs, 
The  gloomy  mazes  of  defpair, 


sect.  3.  HYMN  130.  Ill 

To  heav'n  we  raife  our  warm  addrefs  ; 

Deign,  O  our  God  !   to  hear  our  pray'r  :, 
O  let  thine  ear  indulge  our  grief, 
For  thy  indulgence  is  relief. 

2  Shouldst  thou,  O  God  !   minutely  fcart 

Our  faults,  and  as  feverely  chide* 
No  mortal  feed  of  feiful  man 

Could  fuch  a  fcrutiny  abide  ; 
But  mercy  mines  in  all  thy  ways, 
Bright  theme  of  univerfal  praife  ! 

3  With  longing  eyes  we  feek  the  Lord, 

Before  his  throne  our  fouls  attend  : 
Firmly  on  his  eternal  word 

Our  faith  is  fix'd,  our  hopes  depend ; 
On  wings  of  love  our  fouls  {hall  rife 
In  contemplation  to  the  fkies. 

4  Ye  pious  minds  !   on  God  rely  ; 

With  full  affurance  in  him  trufl  ; 
He  fends  redemption  from  on  high, 

A.nd  raifes  finners  from  the  duft  : 
He  will  at  length  abfolve  his  heirs 
From  all  their  guilt  and  all  their  fears, 

Hymn   130.     l.  ivr. 
Hope  in  the  mercy  of  God. 

1  OPPREST  with  guilt,  or  grief,  or  care. 
Great  God  !  thy  humble  fuppliants  hear  ? 
Though  funk,  we  ne'er  can  fink  fo  low, 
But  thou  canft  hear  the  voice  of  woe. 

2  Shouldft  thou  againfl  each  evil  deed 
In  ftrict  feverity  proceed  ; 

By  merit,  without  mercy,  try'd, 
None  could  be  ckar'dr  and  juitify'cL 


112^  HYMN  131.  [part  n. 

3  But  thou  forgivenefs  doft  proclaim, 
That  men  may  turn  and  fear  thy  name  ; 
To  thy  rich  grace,  O  Lord  !   we  fly, 
And  on  thy  promifes  rely. 

4  Ye  contrite  hearts  who  guilt  deplore  3 
Come  feek  his  face  and  fin  no  more  ; 
Then  (hall  we  know  that  God  is  kind. 
And  full  redemption  with  him  find. 


Hymn   131.     7s.  m. 

A  penitential  hymn. 

1  GOD  of  mercy,  God  of  love. 
Hear  our  fad  repentant  fong  ; 
Sorrow  dwells  on  ev'ry  face, 
Penitence  on  ev'ry  tongue. 

2  Deep  regret  for  follies  paft, 
Talents  wafted,  time  misfpent  ; 
Hearts  debas'd  by  worldly  cares, 
Thanklefs  for  the  bleffings  lent. 

S.  Fooliih  fears  and  fond  defires, 
Vain  regrets  for  things  as  vain"; 
Lips  too  feldom  taught  to  praife, 
Oft  to  murmur  and  complain. 

4  Thefe,  and  ev  ry  fecret  fault, 

FiiFd  with  grief  and  fhame  we  own  J 
Humbled,  at  thy  feet  we  lie, 
Seeking  pardon  from  thy  throne. 

5  God  ol  mercy,  God  of  grace, 
Hear  cur  fad  repentant  fongs  ; 
O  reftore  thy  fuppliant  race, 

■  to  whom  our  praife  belongs  ! 


sect,  3.]         HYMN  132,  133.  IIS 

Hymn   132.      l.   m. 
The  prayer  of  the  penitent. 

1  O  TURN,  great  ruler  of  the  fides  I 
Turn  from  my  fms  thy  fearching  eyes  ! 
My  mind  from  ev'ry  fear  releafe, 

And  footh  my  troubled  thoughts  to  peace. 

2  Prompt  is  thy  pow'r,  when  ills  invade, 
The  weak  and  contrite  foul  to  aid : 
Then  let  thy  clemency  divine 
Confpicuous  in  my  pardon  mine. 

3  O  let  the  fulnefs  of  thy  grace 
Each  error  in  my  life  efface — - 
But  thy  decrees,  almighty  fire  ! 
Integrity  of  heart  require. 

4  Give  me  a  will  to  thine  fubdu'd, 
A  confcience  pure,  a  foul  renew'd, 
Nor  let  me,  wrapt  in  endlefs  gloom, 
An  outcaft  from  thy  prefence  roam. 

5  The  heart,  that,  taught  its  guilt  to  know. 
Repentant  heaves  with  inward  woe, 
Shall  find  its  prayers,  its  groans,  its  fighs? 
To  thee  in  full  acceptance  rife, 

i 

Hymn   133.     l.   jvi, 

Things  below  and  things  above. 

I   OF  mortal  life  how  fhort  the  date  I 

Like  flow'rs,  which  in  their  bnghtefl  itat<? 
With  gaudy  hues  the  fields  adorn, 
But  foon  by  palling  florms  are  torn  L 

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11,4  HYMN  if; I,  [part  it. 

!2  Their  boafted  beauty  reft  away, 

How  quick  the  vernal  blooms  decay  *l 
Each  in  an  hour  its  pride  refigns, 
And  with'ring  in  the  dull  reclines. 

3  Behold  it  droop,  behold  it  wafte  ! 
Nor  can  the  bed,  which  late  it  grac'd, 
Point  to  the  fond  inquirer's  view, 
Where  once  the  fhort-liv'd  wonder  grew. 

4<  So  tranfient  is  the  life  of  man,    - 
At  mod  a  brief  contracted  fpan  ; 
It  blooms,  it  fades, — and  ferves  to  mow 
How  vain,  how  frail  are  "  things  below." 

3  To  "  things  above,"   with  flx'd  defire 
Then  let  our  better  hopes  afpire  ; 
To  realms,  where,  in  eternal  day, 
Nor  mortals  die,  nor  flow'rs  decay. 


Hymn   134.      c.   m. 
The  ihortnefs  of  life,  and  the  goodnefs  of  God. 

1  TIME— what  an  empty  vapour  His  ! 

Our  days  how  fwift  they  are  ! 
Swift  as  an  Indian  arrow  flies, 
Or  like  a  (hooting  ftar. 

2  Our  life  is  ever  on  the  wing, 

And  death  is  ever  nigh  : 
The  moment  when  our  lives  begin, 
We  all  begin  to  die. 

3  Yet,  mighty  God  !   our  fleeting  days 

Thy  lafting  bounties  fhare, 

And  all  the  riches  of  thy  grace 

Still  crown  the  rolling  year. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  135.  115 

4  Thy  goodnefs  runs  an  endlefs  round  ', 

All  glory  to  the  Lord  ! 
His  mercy  never  knows  a  bound  ; 
Be  his  bleft  name  ador'd  ! 

5  Thus  we  begin  the  lafting  fong  ; 

And  when  in  duft  we  lie, 
Let  age  to  age  thy  praife  prolong, 
Till  time  and  nature  die. 


Hymn   135.     s.  m. 
A  timely  improvement  of  life. 

1  THE  fwift  declining  day, 
How  faft  its  moments  fly  ! 

While  ev'ning's  broad  and  gloomy  ihade 
Spreads  o'er  the  weftern  Iky. 

2  Ye  mortals  !  mark  its  pace  ; 
Improve  the  hours  of  light  ; 

And  know  your  Maker  can  command 
An  inftantaneous  night. 

3  His  word  blots  out  the  fun 
In  its  meridian  blaze, 

And  cuts  from  fanguine  vigorous  youth 
The  remnant  of  its  days. 

4>     On  the  dark  mountain's  brow 
Your  feet  fhall  quickly  ffide, 
And  from  its  airy  fummit  dam 
Your  momentary  pride. 

5     Give  glory  to  the  Lord, 

Who  rules  the  rolling  fphere  ; 
Submiflive  at  his  footftool  bow, 
And  feek  falvation  there. 


116  HYMN  136.  [part  h, 

6  To-morrow,  Lord,  is  thine, 
Lodg'd  in  thy  fov'reign  hand  j 

And  if  its  fun  arife  and  fhine, 
It  fhines  by  thy  command. 

7  The  prefent  moment  flies, 
And  bears  our  lives  away  : 

O  make  thy  fervants  truly  wife9 
That  they  may  live  to-day. 

8  Since  on  this  winged  hour 
Eternity  is  hung, 

Waken  by  thine  almighty  pow'r 
The  aged  and  the  young. 

9  One  thing  demands  our  care  j 
O  be  it  ftill  purfu  d  ! 

Left,  flighted  once,  the  feafon  fair 
Should  never  be  renew'd. 


Hymn   136.     c.  m. 
The  inftability  of  worldly  enjoyments. 

1  THE  evils  that  befet  our  path,. 

Who  can  prevent,  or  cure  ? 
We  ftand  upon  the  brink  of  death,. 
When  moll  we  feem  fecure. 

2  If  we  to-day  fweet  peace  poffefs, 

It  foon  may  be  withdrawn  ; 
Some  change  may  plunge  us  in  diilrefs? 
Before  to-morrow's  dawn. 

3  Difeafe  and  pain  invade  our  health, 

And  find  an  eafy  prey  ; 
And  oft,  when  leait  expected,  wealth 
Takes  wings  and  flies  away. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  137.  117 

4-  The  grounds  from  which  we  look  for  fruit, 
Produce  us  only  pain  ; 
A  worm  unfeen  attacks  the  root, 
And  all  our  hopes  are  vain. 

5  Since  fin  has  fill'd  the  earth  with  woe, 
And  creatures  fade  and  die  : 
Lord,  wean  our  hearts  from  things  below, 
And  fix  our  hopes  on  high  I 


Hymn   137.       c.  m» 
Human  frailty. 

1  WEAK  and  irrefolute  is  man  : 

The  purpofe  of  to-day, 
Woven  with  pains  into  his  plan, 
To-morrow  rends  away. 

2  Some  foe  to  his  upright  intent 

Finds  out  his  weaker  part  j 
Virtue  engages  his  affent, 
But  pleafure  wins  his  heart. 

3  Life's  voyage  is  of  awful  length, 

Through  dangers  little  known  : 
A  ftranger  to  fuperior  ftrength, 
Man  vainly  truth  his  own.. 

t  But  oars  alone  can  ne'er  prevail 
To  reach  the  diftant  coaft  ; 
The  breath  of  heav'n  muft  fwell  the  fa& 
,  Or  all  the  toil  is  loft. 


118  HYMN  138,139.         [part 

Hymn    138.      l.    m. 
The  wifdom  of  redeeming  time. 

1  GOD  of  eternity  !   from  thee 
Did  infant  time  its  being  draw  : 
Moments  and  days,  and  months  and  years, 
Revolve  by  thy  unvary'd  law. 

2  Silent  and  flow  they  glide  away  ; 
Steady  and  ftrong  the  current  flows, 
Loft  in  eternity's  wide  fea, 

The  boundlefs  gulph  from  which  it  rofe. 

3  With  it,  the  thoughtlefs  fons  of  men 
Before  the  rapid  ftream  are  borne 
On  to  their  everlafting  home, 

That  country  whence  there's  no  return. 

4>  Yet  while  the  more  on  either  fide 
Prefents  a  gaudy  flatt'ring  fhow  ; 
We  gaze,  in  fond  amazement  loft, 
Nor  think  to  what  a  world  we  go. 

5  Great  Source  of  wifdom  !   teach  our  hearts 
To  know  the  price  of  ev'ry  hour, 
That  time  may  bear  us  on  to  joys 
Beyond  its  meafure  and  its  pow'r. 


Hymn   139.      l.   m. 
The  profpecl  of  ficknefs  and  death. 

1  WHEN  all  the  pow'rs  of  nature  fail 
When  ficknefs  mail  our  hearts  affail, 
And  ev'ry  nobler  part  pervade  ; 
When  ev'ry  earthly  wifti  mall  fade  : 

2  When  pain,  of  ev'ry  nerve  poffeft, 
Shall  vibrate  in  the  throbbing  breaft 


s^ct.  3.]  HYMN  140.  ..  119 

And  languor  o'er  our  fenfes  fteal, 
And  med'cine  lofe  its  pow'r  to  heal : 

3  When  death  mall  chill  the  vital  heat  ; 
When  thefe  fond  hearts  fhall  ceafe  to  beat, 
Thefe  falt'ring  tongues  forget  to  fpeak, 

"  A  mortal  palenefs  on  my  cheek  :" 

4  When  our  dim  eyes  are  funk  in  death, 
And  God,  who  gave,  fhall  take  our  breath  ; 
Do  thou  fuftain  our  fainting  heart, 

And  comfort  to  our  fouls  impart . 

5  May  thy  bright  prefence  bring  relief 
From  fear,  defpondency  and  grief  : 
Thy  cheering  voice  direct  our  way 
To  regions  of  eternal  day. 


Hymn   140.     l.  m* 
The  final  judgment. 

THE  heart  dejected  fighs  to  know, 
Why  vice  triumphant  reigns  below  ; 
Why  faints  have  fall'n  in  ev'ry  age, 
The  victims  of  tyrannic  rage. 

Fall  rollfucceflive  years  away  ; 
Faft  haftens  the  important  day, 
When  to  th'  aftonifh'd  world's  furprife, 
God's  high  tribunal  mall  arife. 

Hark  !   'tis  the  trumpet's  piercing  found  ^ 
The  rifing  dead  alfemble  round ; 
In  long  procefiion  fee  they  come, 
Each  to  receive  his  final  doom. 

Lo  there  a  vile,  degen'rate  race  ; 
Pale  terror  fits  on  ev'ry  face  : 


1120  HYMN  14U  [part  i* 

Here,  on  the  right,  a  joyful  band, 
The  fons  of  fuff'ring  virtue  ftand. 

5  The  fentence  pafs'd,  lo  !   thefe  arife 
To  blifs  and  glory  in  the  fides  : 

While  thofe  who  once  flood  high  in  fame, 
Sink  to  contempt  and  endlefs  fhame. 

6  Thus  fhall  God's  providence  appear 
Without  a  made,  divinely  fair  ; 
And  blufhing  doubt  with  joy  confefs 
The  Lord's  a  God  of  righteoufnefs. 


Hymn   141.     c.  m. 
The  peace  of  the  grave. 

1  HOW  Hill  and  peaceful  is  the  grave  i 

Where,  life's  vain  tumults  paft, 
Th'  appointed  houfe  by  heaven's  decree, 
Receives  us  all  at  laft. 

2  The  wicked  there  from  troubling  ceafe  ; 

Their  paflions  rage  no  more  ; 
And  there  the  weary  pilgrim  reils 
From  all  the  toils  he  bore. 

3  There  reft  the  pris'ners,  now  releas'd 

From  flav'ry's  fad  abode  ; 
No  more  they  hear  th'  oppreffor's  voice, 
Or  dread  the  tyrant's  rod. 

4  There  fervants,  mailers,  fmall  and  great, 

Partake  the  fame  repofe  j 
And  there  in  peace  the  afhes  mix 
Of  thofe  who  once  were  foes. 

5  AD  levell'd  by  the  hand  of  death, 

Lie  fleeping  in  the  tomb ; 


sect.  3.]         HYMN  ,  143, 144.  121 

Till  God  in  judgment  call  them  forth 
To  meet  their  final  doom. 


Hymn   143.     c.  m. 
The  chriftian  happy  in  death. 

1  HEAR  what  the  voice  from  heav'n  proclaims 

For  all  the  pious  dead ; 
Sweet  is  the  favour  of  their  names, 
And  foft  their  dying  bed. 

2  They  fleep  in  Jefus,  and  are  blefs'd ; 

How  calm  their  {lumbers  are  ! 
From  fuff'rings  and  from  fins  releas'd, 
And  freed  from  ev'ry  care. 

3  Far  from  this  world  of  toil  and  ftrife, 

They're  prefent  with  the  Lord  ; 
The  labours  of  their  mortal  life 
End  in  a  large  reward. 


Hymn   144.     c.  m. 
The  vegetable  creation  an  emblem  of  the  refurre&Ion, 

1  ALL  nature  dies,  and  lives  again  : 

The  flow'r  that  paints  the  field, 
The  trees  that  crown  the  mountain's  brow? 
And  boughs  and  bloffoms  yield  ; 

2  Refign  the  honours  of  their  form 

.  At  winter's  ftormy  blaft  ; 
And  leave  the  naked,  leaflefs  plain 
A  defolated  wafte. 

3  Yet  foon  reviving  plants  and  flow'rs 

Anew  (hall  deck  the  plain  ; 
L 


122  HYMN  145.  [part. 

The  woods  (hall  hear  the  voice  of  fpring, 
And  flourifh  green  again. 

4  So,  to  the  dreary  grave  confign'd, 

Man  fleeps  in  death's  dark  gloom, 
Until  th'  eternal  morning  wake 
The  ilumbers  of  the  tomb. 

5  O  may  the  grave  become  to  us 

The  bed  of  peaceful  reft  ; 
Whence  we  fhall  gladly  rife  at  length, 
And  mingle  with  the  bleft  ! 

6  Cheer'd  by  this  hope,  with  patient  mind 

We'll  wait  heav'n's  high  decree  ; 
Till  the  appointed  period  come 
When  death  fhall  fet  us  free, 


Hymn   145      c.   m. 
God  the  everlafting  light  of  good  men. 

1  YE  golden  lamps  of  heav  n  !  farewell, 

With  all  your  feeble  light  : 
Farewell,  thou  ever-changing  moon, 
Pale  empress  of  the  night ! 

2  And  thou,  refulgent  orb  of  day  ! 

In  brighter  flames  array'd  ! 
My  foul,  which  fprings  beyond  thy  fphere," 
No  more  demands  thine  aid. 

3  Ye  ftars  are  but  the  mining  dufl 

Of  my  divine  abode, 
The  pavement  of  thofe  heav'nly  courts, 
Where  I  (hall  reign  with  God. 

4  The  Father  of  eternal  light 

Shall  there  his  beams  difplay  : 


sEcr.  3.]  HYMN  146.  123 

Nor  fhall  one  moment's  darknefs  mix 
With  that  un  vary 'd -day. 

5  No  more  the  drops  of  piercing  grief 

Shall  fwell  into  mine  eyes  ; 
Nor  the  meridian  fun  decline, 
Amidfi:  thofe  brighter  fkies. 

6  There  all  the  millions  of  his  faints 

Shall  in  one  fong  unite  ; 
And  each  the  blifs  of  all  {hall  fhare 
With  infinite  delight. 


Hymn   146.    8  8  Iff  6s.  m. 

The  dying  saint. 

1   WHEN  life's  tempeftuous  ftorms  are  o'er 
How  calm  he  meets  the  friendly  more, 

Who  liv'd  averfe  from  fin  ! 
Such  peace  on  virtue's  paths  attends, 
That  where  the  fmner's  pleafure  ends, 

The  good  man's  joys  begin. 

%  See  fmiling  patience  fmooth  his  brow  ! 
See  bending  angels  downward  bow, 

To  lift  his  foul  on  high  ! 
While  eager  for  the  blefl  abode, 
He  joins  with  them  to  praife  the  God, 

Who  taught  him  how  to  die. 

3  The  horrors  of  the  grave  and  hell, 
Thofe  horrors  which  the  wicked  feel^ 

In  vain  their  gloom  difplay  ; 
For  he  who  bids  yon  comet  burn, 
Or  makes  the  night  defcend,  can  turn 

Their  darknefs  into  day, 


124  HYMN  147.  part  n.] 

4-  No  forrow  drowns  his  lifted  eyes, 
No  horror  wrefts  the  ftruggling  fighs, 

As  from  the  Tinner's  breall ; 
His  God,  the  God  of  peace  and  love, 
Pours  kindly  folace  from  above, 

And  heals  his  foul  with  reft. 

5  O  grant,  my  Saviour,  and  my  friend, 
Such  joys  may  gild  my  peaceful  end, 

So  calm  my  evening  clofe  ; 
While  loos'd  from  ev'ry  earthly  tie, 
With  fteady  confidence  I  fly 
To  him  from  whom  I  rofe. 


Hymn   147.      c.  m. 

A  profped:  of  heaven. 

1  THERE  is  a  land  of  pure  delight. 

Where  faints  immortal  reign  ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleafures  banifh  pain. 

2  There  everlafting  fpring  abides, 

And  never-with'ring  flow'rs  ; 
Death,  like  a  narrow  fea,  divides 
This  heav'nly  land  from  ours. 

3  Sweet  fields  beyond  the  fwelling  flood 

Stand  drefs'd  in  living  green  : 
So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  flood, 
And  Jordan  rolPd  between. 

1-  But  tim'rous  mortals  ftart  and  fhrink, 
To  crofs  this  narrow  fea  ; 
And  linger,  {hiv  ring  on  the  brink, 
And  fear  to  launch  awav. 


sect.  3.]  HYMN  148.  125 

5  Oh  !  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove, 

Thofe  gloomy  doubts  that  rife, 
And  fee  the  Canaan  that  we  love, 
With  unbeclouded  eyes  ! 

6  Could  we  but  climb  where  Mofes  flood, 

And  view  the  landfcape  o'er — ; 
Not  Jordan's  ftreams,  nor  death's  cold  flood, 
Should  fright  us  from  the  more. 


Hymn   148.     s.   m. 

Heaven. 

1   FAR  from  thefe  fcenes  of  night  " 
Unbounded  glories  rife, 
And  realms  of  infinite  delight, 
Unknown  to  mortal  eyes. 

13  Fair  land  !   could  mortal  eyes 
But  half  its  charms  explore, 
How  would  our  fpirits  long  to  rife? 
And  dwell  on  earth  no  more  I 

3  There  ficknefs  never  comes, 

There  grief  no  more  complains  ; 
Health  triumphs  in  immortal  bloom^ 
And  pureft  pleafure  reigns. 

4  No  ftrife,  nor  envy  there 

The  fons  of  peace  molefl  ; 
But  harmony,  and  love  fincere, 
-Fill  ev'ry  happy  breaft. 

5  No  cloud  thofe  regions  know, 

For  ever  bright  and  fair  ; 
For  fin,  the  fource  of  mortal  woe, 
Can  never  enter  there. 
L  2 


126  HYMN  14$.  [part  ii. 

G  There's  no  alternate  night, 
Nor  fun's  faint  fickly  ray  ; 
But  glory  from  th'  eternal  throne 
Spreads  everlafting  day. 

7  Oh  !  may  this  profpect  fire 

Our  hearts  with  ardent  love  ; 
May  lively  faith  and  ftrong  defire 
Bear  ev'ry  thought  above. 


Hymn   148.      61.  l.  m. 
Life,  death,  and  refurrection. 

1  ETERNAL  God,  how  frail  is  man! 
Few  are  the  hours,  and  fhort  the  fpan, 

Between  the  cradle  and  the  grave  i 
Who  can  prolong  his  vital  breath? 
Who  from  the  bold  demands  of  death 

Hath  fkill  to  fly,  or  pow'r  to  fave  ? 

2  But  let  no  murm'ring  heart  complain, 
That  therefore  man  is  made  in  vain, 

Nor  the  Creator's  grace  diftruft  : 
For  though  his  fervants,  day  by  day, 
Go  to  their  graves,  and  turn  to  clay, 

A  bright  reward  awaits  the  juft. 

3  Jefus  has  made  thy  purpofe  known, 
A  new  and  better  life  has  fhown, 

And  we  the  glorious  tidings  hear  : 
For  ever  bleffed  be  the  Lord, 
That  we  can  read  his  holy  word, 

And  find  a  refurrection  there. 


sect.  4.]  HYMN  149,  127 


§  4.       HYMNS  FOR.  PARTICULAR   OCCASIONS, 

-Hymn  149.      l.  m. 

For  the  Lord's  Supper. 

1  THIS  feaft  was  Jesus'  high  beheft, 
This  cup  of  thanks  his  laft  requeft. 
Ye  who  can  feel  his  worth,  attend, 
Eat,  drink,  in  mem'ry  of  your  friend* 

2  Around  the  patriot's  bull  ye  throng, 
Him  ye  exalt  in  fwelling  fong  : 

For  him  the  wreath  of  glory  bind, 
Who  freed  from  vaffalage  his  kind. 

3  And  mall  not  he  your  praifes  reap, 
Who  refcues  from  the  iron-fleep  ? 
The  great  deliverer,  whofe  breath 
Unbinds  the  captives  ev'n  of  death  ? 

4  Shall  he,  who,  fellow-men  to  fave, 
Became  a  tenant  of  the  grave, 
Unthank'd,  uncelebrated  rife, 
Pafs  unremember'd  to  the  fkies  ? 

5  Chriftians  !   unite  with  loud  acclaim 
To  hymn  the  Saviour's  welcome  name  ; 
On  earth  extol  his  wondrous  love  ; 
Repeat  his  praife  in  worlds  above, 


I2S  HYMN  150,  151.         [part  ii. 

Hymn  150.     l.  m. 

Fidelity  to  our  Saviour. 

1  SHALL  I  forfake  that  heav'nly  Friend, 
On  whom  my  nobleft  hopes  depend  ? 
Forbid  it,  that  my  wand'ring  heart 
From  thee,  my  Saviour,  mould  depart ! 

2  Firft  let  the  wheels  of  life  Hand  ftill, 
Ere  I  forget  thy  gracious  will  ; 
Ere  I  fubmit  to  guilty  fhame, 
And  bring  difhonour  on  his  name. 

3  Faithful  to  thee  and  to  thy  laws, 
With  zeal  I  would  maintain  thy  caufe, 
The  caufe  of  truth  and  righteoufnefs, 
'Midft  trial,  fufPring,  and  diftrefs. 

i<  If  e'er  I'm  call'd  t'encounter  death 
For  thee,  may  I  refign  my  breath  ; 
And  reap,  at  laft,  the  bright  reward 
Which  waits  the  fervants  of  the  Lord. 


Hymn  151.     l.  m. 

Remembrance  of  Chrift. 

1  "IE  AT,  drink,  in  mem'ry  of  your  friend  !"- 
Such  was  our  mailer's  laft  requeft  ; 

Who  all  the  pangs  of  death  endur'd, 
That  we  might  live  forever  bleft. 

2  Yes,  we'll  record  thy  matchlefs  love, 
Thou  deareft,  tend'reft,  beft  of  friends  ! 
Thy  dying  love  the  nobleft  praife 

Of  long  eternity  tranfcends. 


sect.  4.]  HYMN  152.  129 

3  'Tis  pleafure  more  than  earth  can  give 
Thy  goodnefs  through  thefe  veils  to  see  ; 
Thy  table  food  celeftial  yields, 
And  happy  thiy  who  fit  with  thet, 


Hymn  152.     c.  m. 

Brotherly  kindnefs  from  the  precept  and  example  of  Chrift. 

1  YE  folPwers  of  the  Prince  of  Peace, 

Who  round  his  table  draw  ! 
Remember  what  his  fpirit  was, 
What  his  peculiar  law. 

2  The  love  which  all  his  bofom  filPd, 

Did  all  his  actions  guide ; 
Infpir'd  by  love,  he  hVd  and  taught ; 
Infpir'd  by  love,  he  dy'd, 

3  And  do  you  love  him  ?  do  you  feel 

Your  warm  affections  move  I 
This  is  the  proof  which  he  demands., 
That  you  each  other  love. 

4  Let  each  the  facred  law  fulfil  j 

Like  his  be  ev'ry  mind  : 
Be  ev'ry  temper  form'd  by  love, 
And  ev'ry  action  kind. 

5  Let  none  who  call  themfelves  his  friends^ 

Difgrace  the  honour' d  name  : 
But  by  a  near  refemblance  prove 
-    The  title  which  they  claim, 


130  HYMN  153*  [part  rr; 

Hymn   153.     p.  m. 

Angels  proclaiming  the  birth  of  Chrift. 

1  NO  war  nor  battle's  found, 
Was  heard  the  world  around, 

No  hoftile  chiefs  to  furious  combat  ran  ; 

But  peaceful  was  the  night, 

In  which  the  prince  of  light 
His  reign  of  peace  upon  the  earth  began* 

2  The  fhepherds  on  the  lawn, 
Before  the  point  of  dawn, 

In  focial  circle  fat,  while  all  around 

The  gentle  fleecy  brood, 

Or  cropp'd  the  flow'ry  food, 
Or  flept,  or  fported  on  the  verdant  ground. 

3  When  lo  !  with  ravifh'd  ears, 
Each  fwain  delighted  hears 

Sweet  mufick,  offspring  of  no  mortal  hand  ; 

Divinely  warbled  voice, 

Anfw'ring  the  ftringed  noife, 
With  blifsful  rapture  charm'd  the  lift'ning  band. 

4  They  faw  a  glorious  light 
Burft  on  their  wond'ring  fight. 

Harping  in  folemn  quire,  in  robes  array'd, 

The  helmed  cherubim 

And  fworded  feraphim 
Are  feen  in  glitt'ring  ranks,  with  wings  difplay'd. 

5  Sounds  of  fo  fweet  a  tone 
Before  were  never  known, 

But  when  of  old  the  fons  of  morning  fung, 

While  God  difpos'd  in  air 

Each  conftellation  fair, 
And  the  well-balanced  world  on  hinges  hung. 


sec*,  4.]  HYMN  154.  131 

6     Hail,  hail,  aufpicious  morn  ! 
The  Saviour  Chrift  is  born  : 
(Such  was  th'  immortal  feraph's  fong  fublime) 
Glory  to  God  in  heav'n  ! 
To  man  fweet  peace  be  giv'n, 
Sweet  peace  and  friendfhip  to  the  end  of  time  f 


Hymn  154.    c,  m. 
For  Chrifbnas  day. 

1  ON  Judah's  plains  as  fhepherds  fat, 

Watching  their  flocks  by  night. 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  appear'd, 
Clad  in  celeftial  light. 

2  Awe-ftruck  the  vinon  they  regard, 

AppalPd  with  trembling  fear  ; 

When  thus  a  cherub-voice  divine 

Breath'd  fweetly  on  their  ear. 

3  "  Shepherds  of  Judah  !  ceafe  your  fearSj 

And  calm  your  troubled  mind  ; 
Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring 
To  you  and  all  mankind. 

4  This  day  almighty  Love  fulfils 

Its  great  eternal  word  ; 
This  day  is  born  in  Bethlehem 
A  Saviour,  Chrift  the  Lord. 

5  There  mall  ye  find  the  heav'nly  babe 

In  humbleft  weeds  array'd  ; 
All  meanly  wrapp'd  in  fwaddling  clotTies*, 
And  in  a  manger  laid^' 


132  HYMN  155.  [part  ii, 

6  He  ceas'd  ;  and  fudden  all  around 

Appear'd  a  radiant  throng 
Of  angels,  praifing  God,  and  thus 
Warbling  their  choral  fong. 

7  "  Glory  to  God,  from  whom  on  high 

All-gracious  mercies  flow  ! 
Who  fends  his  heaven-defcended  peace 
To  dwell  with  man  below  I" 


Hymn  155.    7s.  m. 
For  the  laft:  day  of  a  year. 

1  WHILE,  by  calm  reflection  led, 
We  review  each  pafling  year, 
Think  how  many  fouls  are  fled, 
Never  more  to  meet  us  here  ! 

2  Fix'd  in  an  eternal  flate, 

They  have  now  no  cares  below  ; 

We  a  little  longer  wait, 

But  how  little — none  can  know. 

3  Life  how  frail !   how  fleeting  breath  ! 
Fate  Hands  threat'ning  Hill  in  view  ; 
And  the  next  dread  bolt  of  death 
May  be  fent  to  me  or  you. 

4  While  we  fpeak,  and  while  we  hear, 
Teach  us,  Lord,  with  awe  to  think,— 
Vaft  eternity  is  near, 

We  are  Handing  on  the  brink. 

5  As  the  winged  arrow  flies 
Quick,  the  deftin'd  mark  to  find  ; 
As  the  lightning  from  the  ikies 
Darts,  and  leaves  no  trace  behind  : 


sect.  4.]  HYMN  156.  133 

6  So  our  brief  and  tranfient  days 
To  their  end  fpeed  fwiftly  on  ; 
Soon  we  pafs  life's  little  fpace, 
Here  to-day,  to-morrow  gone. 

7  X.ord  our  fuppliant  vows  receive  % 
Pardon  of  our  fins  renew  ; 
Teach  us  by  thy  grace  to  live, 
With  eternity  in  view. 

8  Blefs  thy  word  to  young  and  old  ; 
Fill  us  with  a  Saviour's  love  ; 
And,  when  life's  mort  tale  is  told, 
Take  us  to  thy  blifs  above  ! 

Hymn   156.     l-   m. 

The  year  crowned  with  goodnefs. 

For  a  N~eiv  Tear,  or  Annual  Thanh] "giving. 

1  ETERNAL  fource  of  ev'ry  joy  ! 
Well  may  thy  praife  our  lips  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear ; 
Thy  goodnefs  crowns  the  circling  year. 

2  Wide  as  the  wheels  of  nature  roll, 
Thy  hand  fupports  the  Heady  pole  : 
By  thee  the  fun  is  taught  to  rife, 
And  darknefs  when  to  veil  the  fkies. 

3  The  flow'ry  fpring,  at  thy  command, 
Embalms  the  air,  and  paints  the  land  ; 
The  fummer-rays  with  vigour  fhine, 
To  raife  the  corn  and  cheer  the  vine. 

4  Thy  hand  in  autumn  richly  pours 
Thro'  all  our  coafts  redundant  ftores  ; 
And  winters,  foften'd  by  thy  care, 
No  more  a  face  of  horror  wear, 

M 


134  HYMN  13:.  .part  n, 

5  Seafons,  and  months,  and'weeks,  and  days 
Demand  fuccefiive  fongs  of  praife  ; 

Still  be  the  cheerful  homage  paid 
With  morning  light  and  ev'ning  fhade  ! 

6  O  may  our  more  harmonious  tongues 
In  worlds  unknown  purfue  the  fongs  ; 
And  in  thofe  brighter  courts  adore, 
Where  days  and  years  revolve  no  more  ! 

Hymn  157*     l.  m. 

The  vanity  and  frailty  of  human  life- 
For  a  neiv  fsar. 

i   OUR  life  advancing  to  its  clofe, 

While  fcarce  its  eariieft  dawn  it  knows, 
Swift  through  an  empty  shade  we  run, 
And  vanity  an,d  man  are  one. 

2  How  many  ev'n  in  youth's  gay  flower, 
Brief  pageants  of  the  noon-tide  hour, 
Have  faded  in  their  brightefl  bloom, 
The  early  tenants  of  the  tomb  ! 

3  O  how  thy  chastisements  impair 
The  human  form,  however  fair  ! 
How  frail  the  ftrongeft  frame  we  fee, 
When  thou  doil  man  to  death  decree  ! 

4  As  when  the  fretting  moths  confume 
The  curious  labour  of  the  loom, 
The  texture  fails,  the  dyes  decay, 
And  all  its  luftre  fades  away. 

5  God  of  my  fathers  !   here,  as  they, 
I  walk  the  pilgrim  of  a  day, 

A  tranfient  guell — thy  works  admire, 
And  inftant  to  ray  home  retire. 


sect.  4.]  HYMN  158.  -  135 

6  O  Lord  of  life  and  feafons  !   we 
Our  fole  reliance  place  on  thee  : 
In  thee  we  trull  with  holy  fear — 
And  blefs  thee  for  the  new-born  year  I 


Hymn   158.     c.  m. 
For  a  Faft  Day. 

1  WHEN  Abra'm,.  full  of  iacred  awes 

Before  Jehovah  flood, 
And,  with  an  humble  fervent  pray'r, 
For  guilty  Sodom  fu'd  ; 

2  With  what  fuccefs,  what  wondrous  grace= 

Was  his  petition  crown'd  ! 
The  Lord  would  fpare,  if  in  the  place 
Ten  righteous  men  were  found. 

3  And  could  a  fingle  pious  foul 

So  rich  a  boon  obtain  ? 
Good  God  !   and  fhall  a  nation  cry. 
And  plead  with  thee  in  vain  ? 

4  Our  country,  guilty  as  fhe  is, 

Her  num'rous  faints  can  boafl  5. 
See  their  united  pray'rs  afcend  ; 
And  fhall  thefe  pray'rs  be  krft  ? 

5  Are  not  the  righteous  dear  to  thee 

Now,  as  in  ancient  times  ? 
Or  does  this  finful  land  exceed 
•     Gomorrah  in  her  crimes  ? 

6  Still  we  are  thine,  we  bear  thy  name, 

Here  yet  is  thine  abode  : 
Long  has  thy  prefence  bleft  our  land  ; 
Forfake  us  not,  O  God  i 


136  HYMN  159.  *{>art  .?; 

•7   O  may  our  people,  rulers,  priefts, 
Thy  choiceft  bleffings  (hare  ; 
And  know  thee  by  that  glorious  name, 
«  The  God  who  heareth  pray'r  \" 


Hymn  159.      l.  m. 

Hymn  in  time  of  war. 

1  While  founds  of  war  are  heard  around, 
And  death  and  ruin  ftrew  the  ground  ; 
To  thee  we  look,  on  thee  we  call, 
The  Parent  and  the  Lord  of  all. 

2  Thou,  who  haft  ftamp'd  on  human  kind 
The  image  of  a  heav'n-born  mind, 
And  in  a  father's  wide  embrace 

Haft  cherifh'd  all  the  kindred  race  ; 

3  O  fee,  with  what  infatiate  rage 
Thy  fons  their  impious  battles  wage  ; 
How  fpreads  deftni&ion  like  a  flood, 
And  brothers  fried  their  brothers'  blood  ! 

4  See  guilty  pafftons  fpring  to  birth, 
And  deeds  of  hell  deform  the  earth  ; 
While  righteoufnefs  and  juftice  mourn, 
And  love  and  pity  droop  forlorn. 

5  Great  God  !   whofe  powerful  hand  can  bind 
The  raging  waves,  the  furious  wind, 

O  bid  the  human  tempeft  ceafe, 

And  hum  the  madd'ning  world  to  peace. 

6  With  rev'rence  may  each  hoftile  land 
Hear  and  obey  that  high  command, 
Thy  fon'a.bleft  errand  from  above, 

iC  My  creatures,  live  in  mutual  love  !'* 


sect.  4.3  HYMN  160.  137. 

Hymn   160.     l*  m. 
Hymn  for  a  Fait. 

1  GREAT  framer  of  unnumber'd  worlds? 
And  whom  unnumber'd  worlds  adore  ! 
Whofe  goodnefs  all  thy  creatures  fharey 
While  nature  trembles  at  thy  pow'r  : 

2  Thine  is  the  hand  that  moves  the  fpheres, 
That  wakes  the  wind  and  lifts  the  fea  ; 
And  man,  who  moves  the  lord  of  earth, 
Acts  but  the  part  afiign'd  by  thee. 

3  While  fuppliant  crowds  implore  thine  aid? 
To  thee  we  raife  the  humble  cry  ; 
Thine  altar  is  the  contrite  heart. 

Thine  incenfe  a  repentant  iigh. 

4  But  if  injuftice  grind  the  poor, 
Or  av'rice  ftain  the  fordid  hand  ; 
Or  item  ambition  thirft  for  blood, 
Or  rude  oppreffion  waile  the  land  : 

5  The  God,  who  hears  the  orphan's  cry, 
The  martyr's  pray'r,  and  prifoner's  groan., 
Still  lift'ning  to  the  poor  oppreft, 

Would  fpurn  th'  oppreffor  from  his  throne, 

8  Yet  though  enormous  crimes  abound, 
Should  but  a  generous  forrow  rife  ; 
And  as  new  troubles  threaten  round 
'Midft  wailing  wars,  and  angry  fkies  j. 

7   Should  in  her  fober  hour,  our  land 
Confefs  thy  hand,  and  blefs  the  rod, 
Thou  ftill  wouldft  love  to  be  her  friend* 


M 


I3S  HYMN   161.  [part  ii. 

Hymn   161.      s.  m. 

The  defigns  of  Providence  in  the  changes  and  revolutions 
of  the  world. 

For  a   National  FaJ?. 

1  GOD,  to  correct  the  world, 

In  wrath  is  flow  to  rife  ; 
But  comes  at  length  in  thunder  cloth/d, 
And  darknefs  veils  the  fides. 

2  His  banners,  lifted  high, 

The  nations'  God  declare  ; 
And  ftain'd  with  blood,  with  terrors  mark'd, 
Spread  wonder  and  defpair. 

3  All  earthly  pomp  and  pride, 

Are  in  his  prefence  loft  ; 
Empires  o'erturn'd,  thrones,  fceptres,  crowns, 
In  wild  confufion  toft. 

4  While  war  and  woe  prevail, 

And  defolation  wide  ; 
In  God,  the  fov'reign  Lord  of  all. 
The  righteous  ftill  confide. 

5  I -Iviierious  is  the  courfe 

Of  his  tremendous  way  : 
His  path  is  in  the  tracklefs  winds, 
And  in  the  foaming  fea. 

6  Vet,  though  now  wrrapt  in  clouds, 

And  from  our  view  conceal'd  ; 
The  righteous  Judge  will  foon  appear. 
In  majefty  revealM  ! 

7  He'll  curb  the  lawless  pow'r, 

The  deadly  wrath  of  man  ; 
And  all  the  windings  will  unfold 
Of  his  own  gracious  plan. 


sect.  4.]       HYMN  162,  163.  139 

Hymn  162.    eh  *••  m. 

Thankfgiving  for  national  profperity, 

1  How  rich  thy  gifts,  almighty  King  ! 
From  thee  our  publick  bleffings  fpring  i 

Th'  extended  trade,  the  fruitful  fides, 
The  treafures  liberty  beftows, 
Th'  eternal  joys  the  gofpel  mows, 

All  from  thy  boundlefs  goodnefs  rife, 

2  Here  commerce  fpreads  the  wealthy  ftores 
Which  pours  from  ev'ry  foreign  more  % 

Science  and  art  their  charms  difplay  ; 
Religion  teaches  us  to  raife 
Our  voices  to  our  Maker's  praife, 

As  truth  and  confcience  point  the  way, 

3  With  grateful  hearts,  with  joyful  tongues,- 
To  God  we  raife  united  fongs. 

Here  Hill  may  God  in  mercy  reign  ; 
Crown  our  juft  counfels  with  fuccefs, 
With  peace  and  joy  our  borders  blefs, 

And  all  our  facred  rights  maintain,, 


Hymn   163.     l.   m. 
Praife    for  national    peace. 

1  GREAT  ruler  of  the  earth  and  ikies  ! 
A  word  of  thine  almighty  breath 

Can  fink  the  world  or  bid  it  rife  : 
Thy  fmile  is  Hfe,   thy  frown  is  death. 

2  When  angry  nations  rufh  to  arms, 
And  rage,  and  noife,  and  tumult  reign? 
And  war  refounds  its  dire  alarms 
And  flaughter  dyes  the  hoftile  plain  : 


140  HYMN  164.  [part  it, 

3  Thy  fov'reign  eye  looks  calmly  down, 

And  marks  their  courfe,and  bounds  their  pow'r; 
Thy  law  the  angry  nations  own, 
And  noife  and  war  are  heard  no  more. 

4>  Then  peace  returns  with  balmy  wing- ; 
Reviving  commerce  fpreads  her  fails. 
The  fields  are  green  and  plenty  fings, 
Refponfive  o'er  the  hills  and  vales. 

5  Thou  good,  and  wife,  and  righteous  Lord  ! 
All  move  fubfervient  to  thy  will ; 

Both  peace  and  war  await  thy  word, 
And  thy  fublime  decrees  fulfil. 

6  To  thee  we  pay  our  grateful  fongs, 
Thy  kind  protection  ftill  implore  : 

O  may  our  hearts,  and  lives,  and  tongues, 
Confefs  thy  goodnefs,  and  adore  ! 


Hymn   164.     l*  m. 
Safety  in  public  difeafes  and  dangers. 

1  THEY  that  have  made  their  refuge  God 
Shall  find  a  moll  fecure  abode j 

Shall  walk  all  day  beneath  his  made, 
And  there  at  night  mail  reft  their  head. 

2  If  burning  beams  of  noon  confpire 
To  dart  a  peftilential  fire, 

God  is  their  life  ;  his  wings  are  fpread? 
To  fhield  them  with  a  healthful  made. 

S    If  vapours  with  malignant  breath 
Rife  thick,  and  fcatter  midnight  death. 
Still  they  are  fafe  :  the  poifon'd  air 
<\gain  grows  pure,  if  God  be  there. 


sect.  4.]  HYMN  165.  141 

4  But  if  the  fire,  or  plague,  qr  fword, 
Receive  commiflion  from  the  Lord, 

.  To  ftrike  his  faints  among  the  reft, 
Their  very  pains  and  deaths  are  bleft. 

5  The  fword,  the  peftilence,  or  fire, 
Shall  but  fulfil  their  beft  defire  ; 
From  fins  and  forrows  fet  them  free, 
And  bring  thy  children,  Lord,  to  thee. 


Hymn   165.     h.   m. 

Thanks  to  God  our  preferver  in  times  of  epidemical 
ficknefs. 

1  UPWARD  we  lift  our  eyes, 
From  God  is  all  our  aid  ; 
The  God  who  built  the  fkies, 
And  earth  and  nature  made  : 

God  is  the  tow'r 

To  which  •■  e  fly  ; 

His  grace  is  nigh 

In  ev'ry  hour. 

1   Our  feet  mall  never  Aide, 
Nor  fall  in  fatal  fnares, 
Since  God,  our  guard  and  guide9 
Defends  us  from  our  fears. 

Thofe  wakeful  eyes. 

That  never  fleep, 

Thy  fervants  keep, 

When  dangers  rife. 

3  No  burning  heats  by  day, 
Nor  blafts  of  ev'ning  air, 
Shall, take  our  health  away, 
If  God  be  with  us  there  : 


142  HYMN  166.  [part  t\. 

Thou  art  our  fun, 
And  thou  our  fhade, 
To  guard  our  head 
By  night  or  noon. 

4  Haft  thou  not  giv'n  thy  word 
To  fave  our  fouls  from  death  ? 
And  we  can-  truft  thee,  Lord, 
To  keep  our  mortal  breath  ; 

We'll  go  and  come, 

Nor  fear  to  die, 

Till  from  on  high 

Thou  call  us  home. 


Hymn   166.    c.    m. 
Hymn  for  thofe  who  have  returned  from  abroad 

1  LET  fongs  of  praife  from  all  below 

To  thee,  O  God,  afcend, 
Whofe  bounties  unexhaufted  flow, 
Whofe  mercies  know  no  end. 

2  But  chief  by  them  that  debt  be  paid, 

Midft  dangers  circling  round, 
Who  flill  in  thy  almighty  aid 
Have  fure  protection  found. 

3  The  wand'ring  exile,  doom'd  to  ftray 

O'er  many  a  defert  wide  ; 
Who  fearlefs  takes  his  lonely  way, 
With  thee  his  guard,  and  guide  : — 

4  The  failor,  on  the  fwelling  fea, 

When  ftorms  impending  low'r, 
Or  tempefts  rage  ;  who  truils  in  thee^ 
And  owns  thy  mighty  pow'r  ; — 


ect.  4.]  HYMN  16?.  148 

The  wretch,  who,  prefs'd  by  countlefs  woes 

That  no  cefTation  fee, 
Still  bids  his  fteadfaft  hope  repofe, 

Almighty  Lord,  on  thee  : — 

All,  all  mail  join  to  blefs  thy  uame, 
Whofe  heav'nly  aid  they  prove  ; 

As  all  have  felt,  let  all  proclaim 
Thy  goodnefs,  pow'r,  and  love  ! 


Hymn   167-      l.  m. 

At  the  fettlement  of  a  minifter. 

GREAT  Lord  of  angels  !  we  adore 
The  grace  that  builds  thy  courts  below  ; 
And  'rnidft  ten  thoufand  fons  of  light 
Stoops  to  regard  what  mortals  do. 

Amidft  the  waftes  of  time  and  death 
Succeffive  paftors  thou  doft  raife, 
Thy  kingdom  and  thy  truth  to  fpread^ 
And  form  a  people  for  thy  praife. 

At  length,  difmiiPd  from  feeble  clay, 
Thy  fervants  join  th'  angelic  band  ; 
With  them  thro'  diftant  worlds  they  fly? 
With  them  "before  thy  prefence  fland. 

O  bleft  employment  !   glorious  hope  ! 
Sweet  lenitive  of  grief  and  care  ! 
When  fhall  we  reach  thofe  radiant  courts, 
And  all  their  joys  and  honours  fhare  ? 

Yet  while  thefe  labours  we  purfue, 
Tho'  diftant  from  thy  heav'nly  throne, 
Give  us  a  zeal  and  love  like  theirs, 
And  half  their  heaven  ihafl  here  be  knowa. 


Ite  HYMN  168, 169.         [part  n, 

Hymn   169.     l.  m. 

On  the  dangerous  ficknefs  of  a  minifter. 

1  O  THOU,  before  whofe  gracious  throne 
We  bow  our  fuppliant  fpirits  down, 
Thou  know'ft  the  anxious  cares  we  feel, 
And  all  our  trembling  lips  would  tell. 

2  Thou  only  canil  afTuage  our  grief, 
And  give  our  forrowing  hearts  relief; 
In  mercy  then  thy  fervant  fpare, 

Nor  turn  afide  thy  people's  prayer. 

3  Avert  thy  defolating  ftroke, 

Nor  fmite  the  fhepherd  of  the  flock  ; 
Reftore  him,  finking  to  the  grave, 
Stretch  out  thine  arm,  make  hafte  to  fave. 

4  Bound  to  each  foul  by  tender  ties, 
In  every  heart  his  image  lies  ; 
Thy  pitying  aid,  O  God,  impart, 

Nor  rend  him  from  each  bleeding  heart. 

5  But  if  our  fupplications  -ail, 

And  prayers  and  tears  cannot  prevail, 
Be  thou  his  ftrength,  be  thou  his  flay  : 
Support  him  through  the  gloomy  way. 

G  Around  him  may  thy  angels  ftand, 
Waiting  the  fignal  of  thy  hand, 
To  bid  his  happy  fpirit  rife, 
And  bear  him  to  their  native  ikies. 

Hymn   169.    c.  m. 
For  a  vacant  congregation  on  the  death  of  its  minifter 

1   THOUGH  earthiy  (hepherds  dwell  in  duft, 
The  aged  and  the  young  ; 
The  watchful  eye  in  darknefs  clos'd, 
And  mute  th'  inftrudtive  tongue  : 


sect.  4.]  HYMN .171.  !#£ 

2  Th'  eternal  fliepherd  ftill  furvives, 

New  comfort  to  impart  ; 
His  eye  ftill  guides  us,  and  his  voice 
Still  animates  our  heart. 

3  To  him,  when  mortal  comforts  fail, 

His  fuppliant  people  fly  ; 
And  on  th'  eternal  fhepherd's  care 
With  cheerful  hope  rely. 

4?  The  pow'rs  of  nature,  Lord,  are  thine  ; 
And  thine  the  aids  of  grace  : 
Thine  arm  has  borne  thy  churches  up, 
Through  ev'ry  riling  race. 

5  Exert  thy  facred  influence  here, 
Thy  mourning  fervants  blefs  : 
O  change  to  ftrains  of  cheerful  praife 
Their  accents  of  diftrefs. 


Hymn   171.     l.  m. 
A  funeral  hymn. 

THE  God  of  love  will  fure  indulge 
The  flowing  tear,  the  heaving  figh, 
When  righteous  perfons  fall  around, 
When  friends  belov'd,  and  kindred  die. 

Yet  not  one  anxious  murm'ring  thought 
Should  with  our  mourning  pailions  blend 
Nor  mould  our  bleeding  hearts  forget 
Th/  almighty,  ever-living  friend. 

Parent,  protector,  guardian,  guide  ! 
Thou  art  each  tender  name  in  one  ; 
On  thee  we  caft  our  ev'ry  care, 
And  comfort  feek  from  thee  alone. 

N 


146  HYMN  172,173.  [part  ii, 

4  Our  father  God  !  to  thee  we  look, 
Our  rock,  our  portion,  and  our  friend  ! 
And  on  thy  gracious  love  and  truth 
Our  finking  fouls  {hall  ftill  depend. 


Hymn   172.      l.  m. 

A  hymn  for  morning  or  evening. 

1  MY  God,  how  endlefs  is  thy  love  ! 
Thy  gifts  are  ev'ry  ev'ning  new  ; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above, 
Gently  diftil  like  morning  dew. 

2  Thou  fpread'ft  the  curtains  of  the  night, 
Great  guardian  of  our  fleeping  hours  ! 
Thy  fov'reign  word  reftores  the  light, 
And  quickens  all  our  drowfy  pow'rs. 

3  We  yield  our  pow'rs  to  thy  command  ; 
To  thee  we  confecrate  our  days  ; 
Perpetual  bleflings  from  thy  hand 
Demand  perpetual  fongs  of  praife. 


Hymn   173.     7s.  m. 
Meditations  in  the  night  feafon. 

WHAT  tho'  downy  (lumbers  flee, 
Strangers  to  my  couch  and  me  ; 
While  with  God's  protection  bleft, 
Cares  and  fears  ne'er  haunt  my  breaft. 

While  the  emprefs  of  the  night 
Scatters  mild  her  filver  light ; 
While  the  vivid  planets  ftray 
Various  through  their  myilic  way  : 


sect.  4.]  HYMN  174.  ft, 

3  While  the  ftars  unnumber'd  roll 
Round  the  ever-conftant  pole  ; 
Far  above  thefe  fpangl'd  Ikies, 
All  my  foul  to  God  mail  rife. 

4  'Midil  the  filence  of  the  night 
Mingling  with  thofe  angels  bright, 
Whofe  harmonious  voices  raife 
Ceafelefs  love  and  ceafelefs  praife  ; 

o  'Midft  the  throng  his  gentle  ear 
Shall  my  grateful  accents  hear  : 
From  on  high  will  he  impart 
Secret  comfort  to  my  heart  ; 

6  Lifting  all  my  thoughts  above 
On  the  wings  of  faith  and  love  : 
Bleft  alternative  to  me, 
Thus  to  fleep,  or  wake,  with  thee  1 


Hymn   174.      l.   m. 
Morning  hymn. 

IN  fleep's  ferene  oblivion  laid, 
I  fafely  pafs'd  the  filent  night  : 
Again  I  fee  the  breaking  (hade, 
I  drink  again  the  morning  light. 

New-born,  I  blefs  the  waking  hour  ; 
Once  more,  with  awe,  rejoice  to  be  ; 
My  confcious  foul  re  fumes  her  pow'r, 
And  fprings,  my  guardian  God  !   to  thee. 

O  guide  me  thro'  the  various  maze 
My  doubtful  feet  are  doom'd  to  tread  ; 
And  fpread  thy  fhield's  protecting  blaze 
Where  dangers  prefs  around  my  head. 


348  HYMN   tf5.  [part 

*  A  deeper  {hade  fhall  foon  impend, 
A  deeper  Ileep  my  eyes  opprefs  ; 
Yet  then  thy  ftrength  mall  itill  defend, 
Thy  goodnefs  ftill  delight  to  blefs. 

5  That  deeper  made  fhall  break  away^ 
That  deeper  ileep  fhall  leave  my  eyes  : 
Thy  light  (hall  give  eternal  day  ; 
Thy  lo\c}  the  rapture  of  the  Ikies. 


Hymn    175.     l.  m. 

Family  duties  and  bleillngs. 

1  BLEST  is  the  man  who  fears  the  Lord, 
And  walks  by  his  unerring  word  ; 
Comfort  and  peace  his  days  attend, 
And  God  will  ever  prove  his  friend. 

2  To  him  who  condefcends  to  dwell 
With  faints  in  their  obfeureft  cell, 
Be  our  domeilic  altars  rais'd, 
And  daily  let  his  name  be  prais'd. 

;>  To  him  may  each  aiTembled  houfe 
Prefent  their  night  and  morning  vows  ; 
Their  fervants  and  their  riling  race 
Be  taught  his  precepts  and  his  grace. 

4  Then  (hall  the  charms  of  wedded  love 

Still  more  delightful  bklTings  prove  ; 
And  parents'  hearts  (hall  overflow 
With  joys  that  parents  only  know. 

5  When  nature  droops,  our  aged  eyes 
Shall  fee  our  children's  children  rife  ; 
Till  pleas'd  and  thankful  we  remove, 
And  join  the  family  above. 


sect.  4.]  HYMN    176.  149 

Hymn  176.    p.  m. 

Concluding  hymn   of  General  Praife. 
1        ALL  nature,  hear  the  facred  Cong  ! 
Attend,  O  earth,  the  folemn  ftrain  ! 
Ye  whirlwinds  wild  that  fweep  along  ; 
Ye  darkening  ftorms  of  beating  rain  ; 
Umbrageous  glooms,  and  forefts  drear  ; 
And  folitary  deferts,  hear  ! 
Be  ftill,  ye  winds,  whilft  to  the  Maker  s  praiie 
The  creatures  of  his  power  afpire  their  voice  to 

raife. 
2       O  may  the  folemn  breathing  found 
Like  incenfe  rife  before  the  throne, 
Where  he,  whofe  glory  knows  no  bound, 
Great  caufe  of  all  things,  dwells  alone. 
'Tis  he  we  fmg,  whofe  powerful  hand 
Balanc'd  the  Ikies,  outfpread  the  land  ; 
Who  fpoke— from  ocean's  ftores  fweet  waters 
came,  .  . 

And  burft  refplendent  forth  the  heav'n-afpinng 

flame. 
3       One  general  fong  of  praife  arife 

To  him  whofe  goodnefs  ceafelefs  flows  ; 
Who  dwells  enthron'd.  beyond  the  fides, 
And  life,  and  breath,  on  all  beftows. 
Great  fource  of  intellect,  thine  ear 
Benign  receives  our  vows  fincere  i 
Rife  then,  our  adive  powers,  your  talk  fulfil. 
And  give  to  him  your  praife,  refponfive  to  our  wi 
4,       Partaker  of  that  living  ftream 

Of  light,  that  pours  an  endlefs  blaze, 
O  let  thy  ftrong  reflected  beam, 
Our  underftanding,  fpeak  his  praife  : 
N  2 


150  HYMN  175.  [part    n. 

Our  fouls,  in  fteadfaft  love  fecure, 
Praife  him  whofe  word  is  ever  fure  : 
To  him,  fole  juft,  our  fenfe  of  right  incline, 
Join  every  proftrate  limb,  our  ardent  fpirits  join. 

5  Let  all  of  good  thefe  bofoms  fires, 
To  him,  fole  good,  give  praifes  due  : 
Let  all  the  truth  himfelf  infpires, 
Unite  to  fmg  him  only  true. 

To  him  our  every  thought  afcend, 
To  him  our  hopes,  our  vvifhes,  bend. 
From  earth's  wide  bounds  let  louder  hymns 
arife, 
And  his  own  word  convey  the  pious  facrifice. 

6  In  ardent  adoration  join'd, 
Obedient  to  thy  holy  will, 
Let  all  our  faculties  combin'd, 
Thy  juft  defires,  O  God,',  fulfil. 
From  thee  deriv'd,  eternal  king, 

To  thee  our  nobleft  powers  we  bring  : 

jO  may  thy  hand  direct  our  wandering  way, 

P  bid  thy  light  arife,  and  chafe  the  clouds  away. 

Eternal  Spirit  !   whofe  command 
Light,  life,  and  being,  gave  to  all  ; 
O  hear  the  creature  of  thy  hand, 
Man,  conftant  on  thy  goodnefs  call : 
By  fire,  by  water,  air,  and  earth, 
That  foul  to  thee  that  owes  its  birth, 
By  thefe,  he  fupplicates  thy  bleft  repofe, 
^bfent  from  thee   no  reft  his  wandering   fpirit 
knows. 


INDEX. 


AGAIN  the  Lord  of  life  and  light  Barbauld 

A  God  !  A  God  !  the  wide  earth  shouts  -     Darivin 


Walker's  Coll. 
Watts 
Mrs.  Steele 
Scott 
Select  Coll. 
Edinburgh  Coll. 
All  nature  hear  the  sacred  song!     Lorenzo  de  Medici 

translated  by  Roscoe 


All  pow'rful,  selfexistent  God, 
Almighty  maker  God  ! 
Almighty  father  !  gracious  Lord  ! 
Allseeing  God  !  'tis  thine  to  know- 
Almighty  maker  Lord  of  all ! 
All  nature  dies,  and  lives  again    • 


And  is  the  gospel  peace  and  love  ? 
Angel,  roll  the  rock  away ! 
Author  of  good  !  we  rest  on  thee 
Awake  my  soul  to  hymns  of  praise 
Awake  my  soul !  lift  up  thine  eyes 
Awake  my  soul !  stretch  every  nerve 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne 
Behold  the  prince  of  peace  ! 
Behold,  wherein  a  mortal  form 
Behold,  where  breathing  love  divine 
Blest  instructer  from  thy  ways 
Blest  is  the  man  who  fears  the  Lord 

Come  !  said  Jesus'  sacred  voice 


Mrs.  Steele 

Scott 

Merrick 

Merrick 

Barbauld 

Doddridge 


PAGE 
4 

54 
46 
16 
51 

69 

80 
121 

149 
65 
61 
90 
S2 
75 
78 


Watts  6 

Needham  51 

Enfield  66 

Barbauld  72 

Merrick  106 

Waits  148 

Barbauld  108 


Eat,  drink  in  mem'ry  of  your  friend  Dublin  Coll.  1 28 

Eternal  and  immortal  king  !  Doddridge  64 

Eternal  God  !  how  frail  is  man  !  Watts  126 

Eternal  source  of  life  and  light  Cappers  Select.  35 

Eternal  Sire,  enthron'd  on  high  !  Williams'  Coll.  90 

Eternal  source  of  ev'ry  joy  !  Doddridge  133 


152 


INDEX. 


Faith  adds  new  charms  to  earthly  bliss  Salisbury  Coll.  77 

Far  from  the  world,  O  Lord !  I  flee               Coivper  87 

Far  from  these  scenes  of  night      Mrs.  Steele,  altered  125 

Father  ador'd  in  worlds  above  !                 Pope's  Coll.  38 

Father  of  all !  in  every  age                                  Pope  35 

Father  of  all !  eternal  mind  !                     Exeter  Coll.  37 

Father  of  all !  omniscient  mind  !                  Blackloch  39 

Father  of  our  feeble  race,                                   Taylor  74 

From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies                  Watts  10 


Glory  be  to  God  on  high  ! 
Glory  be  to  God  on  high ! 
God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 
God  of  my  childhood  and  my  youth 
God  of  the  sabbath,  hear  our  vows 
God  of  mercy  !  God  of  love  ! 
God  of  eternity  !  from  thee 
God  who  is  just  and  kind 
God  to  correct  the  world 
Greatest  of  beings,  source  of  life, 
Greatest  of  beings,  source  of  life, 
Great  God,  in  vain  man's  narrow  view 
Great  God  !  our  joyful  thanks  to  thee 
Great  God  how  infinite  art  thou  ! 
Great  God  !  thy  peerless  excellence 
Great  God  whose  universal  sway 
Great  God  !  whose  all  pervading  eye 
Great  framer  of  unnumber'd  worlds 
Great  Lord  of  angels  !  we  adore 
Great  ruler  of  all  nature's  frame  ! 
Great  ruler  of  the  earth  and  skies 


Hall.   Walker's  Coll. 

Walkers  Coll. 

Coivper 

Watts 

Doddridge 

Taylor 

Doddridge 

Patrick 

Jervis  altered 

Dyer 


Kippis 

Broivne 

Watts 

Broivne 

Watts 

do. 

Dyer 

Doddridge 

do. 

Mrs.  Steele 


11 

31 

95 

89 

3 

112 

118 

91 

138 

12 

13 

39 

28 

45 

64 

57 

70 

137 

143 

91 

139 


Happy  the  meek  whose  gentle  breast  Scott       71 

Hark  !  the  glad  sound  the  Saviour  comes  !  Doddridge       60 
Hear  what  the  voice  from  heav'n  proclaims    Waits     121 


INDEX. 

How  are  thy  servants  blest,  O  Lord  !  Addison 

How  blest  the  saered  tie  that  binds  Barbauld 

How  happy  is  he  born  and  taught  Sir  H.  Wotton 
How  stili  and  peaceful  is  the  grave  Edinburgh  Coll. 
How  vast  is  the  tribute  I  owe  Jervis 

"How  rich  thy  gifts  almighty  King  !       Kippis  altered 

If  solid  happiness  we  prize  Cotton 

Imposture  shrinks  from  light  Scott 

In  the  soft  season  of  thy  youth  Salisbury  Coll. 

In  sleep's  serene  oblivion  laid  Haivkesivorth 

Jehovah  reigns  !  let  every  nation  hear         Barbauld 

Keep  silence,  all  created  things  Watts 

Let  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds  Watts 

Let  coward  guilt  with  pallid  fear  Mrs.  Carter 

Let  heav'n  arise  !  let  earth  appear  !  Watts 
Let  party  names  no  more                Birmingham  Coll. 

Let  us  with  a  joyful  mind  Milton 

Let  men  of  high  conceit  and  zeal  Brotvne 

Let  none  be  envious  when  they  see  Patrick 

Let  songs  of  praife  from  all  below  Neiv  Selection 

Lo,  God  is  here  !  let  us  adore  Salifoury  Coll. 

Lord  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing  Anon. 

Lord  of  nature  !  source  of  light !  Calamy 
Lord  thou  hast  search'd  and  seen  us  thro*         Watts 

Lord  thro'  the  dubious  path  of  life  Exeter  Coll. 

Mark  the  soft  falling  snow  !  Doddridge  5S 

My  father  1   cheering  name  Mrs.  Steele  altered  92 

My  soul,  praise  the  Lord  Park  IS 

My  God  how  endless  is  thy  love  !  Waits  146 

No  war  nor  battle's  sound,        Milton,  altered  by  Rev. 

J.  S.  J.  Gardiner  130 


154 


INDEX. 


Of  mortal  life  how  short  the  date                 Merrick  1 1 S 

Oh !  source  of  uncreated  light  !                         Dryden  7 

O  hear  me  Lord  to  thee  1  call                        Merrick  105 

Oh  turn  great  ruler  of  the  skies  !                     Merrick  113 

On  J udah's  plains  as  shepherds  sat           Tate  altered  131 

O  azure  vaults  !   O  crystal  sky !                   Roscommon  1 9 

O  bless  the  Lord  our  souls  !                                Watts  1 7 

O  God  of  our  forefathers  hear                Salisbury  Coll.  43 

O  praise  ye  the  Lord  !  prepare  a  new  song  Doddridge  14 

O  Lord  my  best  desires  fulfil                              Coivper  95 

O  thou  whose  mercy  hears              Mrs.  Stttle  altered  103 

O  thou  the  first,  the  greatest  friend                     Burns  52 

O  thou  through  all  thy  works  ador'd                Enjield  22 

O  thou  the  wretched's  sure  retreat         Airs.  Carter  109 

Our  country  is  Immanuel's  ground                  Barbauld  76 

Our  God  as  merciful  as  just,              Barbauld  altered  79 

O  ye  immortal  throng                                    Doddridge  61 

Out  of  the  depth  of  sad  distress                       Denham  1 10 

Oppress'd  with  guilt,  or  grief,  or  care             Patrick  1 1 1 

Our  life  advancing  to  its  close                       Merrick  134 

O  thou  before  whose  gracious  throne    Rippons-Coll.  144 


Praise  to  God  immortal  praise  Barbauld  34 

Praise  to  thee  thou  great  Creator  Farvcett  10 

Praise  to  the  Lord  of  boundless  might         Doddridge  43 

Praise,  O  praise  the  name  divine  !  Merrick  16 

Providence,  profusely  kind  Mrs.  Steele  98 

Sages  of  ancient  letter'd  times  !  Scott  59 

Shall  I  forsake  that  heav'nly  friend  Jervh  1 28 

Show  pity  Lord  !   O  Lord  forgive  !  Watts  110 

Sing  to  the  Lord  ye  distant  lands  !  Watts  55 

Sleep,  sleep  to  day  tormenting  cares  Barbauld  5 

Supreme  and  universal  light  !  Rev.  H.  Moore  81 

Sweet  is  the  love  that  mutual  glows  Dr.  Gregory  74 


INDEX. 


155 


Ccivper 

Needham 

Mrs.  Steele 

Doddridge 

Darivin 

Anon. 

Addison 

Addison 


The  evils  that  beset  our  path 
The  heart  dejected,  sighs  to  know 
The  gifts  indulgent  heav'n  bestows 
The  swift  declining  day 
The  Lord  !  how  tender  is  his  love  ! 
Thanks  for  mercies  past  receive 
The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare 
The  spacious  firmament  on  high 
The  trav'ller  lost  in  night  Mrs.  Steele  altered 

There  is  a  God  all  nature  speaks  Mrs.  Steele 

Thou,  Lord,  by  mortal  eyes  unseen  Mason 

Thou  pow'r  supreme  by  whose  command  Mrs.  Carter 
Thy  providence  supplies  our  food  -    Co-wper 

Th'  uplifted  eye  and  bended  knee  Scott 

To  God  the  Lord,  wake  we  the  lay  !  Ogilvie 

Thro'  all  the  various  shifting  scene       Liverpool  Coll. 
Time  !  what  an  empty  vapour  'tis  Watts 

To  calm  the  sorrows  of  the  mind  Jtrvis 

To  thee  my  God  !  my  days  are  known       Doddridge 
To  your  Creator  God  !  Mrs.  Steele 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight  Watts 

This  feast  was  Jesus'  high  behest  Enf eld's  Select. 

They  that  have  made  their  refuge  God  Watts 

Though  earthly  shepherds  dwell  in  dust     Doddridge 
The  God  of  love  will  sure  indulge       Salisbury  Coll. 


116 

119 

98 

115 

93 

9 

50 

25 

87 

24 

56 

33 

48 

68 

14 

94 

114 

99 

104 

20 

124 

127 

140 

144 

145 


Upward  we  lift  our  eyes 


Watts     141 


Weak  and  irresolute  is  man  Coivfer  117 

We  sing  th'  almighty  pow'r  of  God  Watts  26 

What  thb' downy  slumbers  flee  Doddridge  146 

What  glory  gilds  the  sacred  page  Coivper  63 

When  fancy  spreads  her  boldest  wings    Mrs.  Steele  102 

When  all  thy  mercies-,  O  my  God !  Addison  29 

"Wlien  as  returns  this  solemn  day  Barhauld  4 


156  INDEX. 

Wherefore  should  man  frail  child  of  clay        Etifidd  78 

When  present  sufF'rings  pain  our  hearts  Mrs.  Steele  96 

When  sickness  shakes  the  languid  frame  Heginbotham  101 

While  here  as  wand'ring  sheep  we  stray       Merrick  7 

While  thee  I  seek  protecting  pow'r!    Miss  William*  27 

While  some  in  folly's  pleasures  roll                   Cotton  83 

When  darkness  long  has  veil'd  my  mind        Coivper  106 

Who  shall  tow'rds  thy  chosen  seat                Merrick  8 

When  rising  from  the  bed  of  death                Addison  108 

When  all  the  pow'rs  of  nature  fail                   Jervis  118 

When  Abra'm,  full  of  sacred  awe     West  Boston  Coll.  1 35 

When  life's  tempestuous  storms  are  o'er  W.  Bos.  Cell.  1 23 

While  by  calm  reflection  led                    Olney  hymns  132 

While  sounds  of  war  are  heard  around              Aikin  136 

Ye  foll'wers  of  the  Prince  of  Peace  Birmingham  Coll.  1 29 

Ye  bless'd  inhabitants  of  heav'n  !                   Merrick  23 

Ye  golden  lamps  of  heav'n  farewell             Doddridge  122 

Ye  weak  inhabitants  of  clay                         Doddridge  40 


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